Funny stuff Whip, but I particularly couldn't believe this one being a true story:

Sixth Place
While at the beach, Daniel Jones, 21, dug an 8 foot hole for protection from the wind and had been sitting in a beach chair at the bottom when it collapsed, burying him beneath 5 feet of sand. People on the beach used their hands and shovels trying to get him out but could not reach him. It took rescue workers using heavy equipment almost an hour to free him. Jones was pronounced dead at a hospital.
How long would it have taken him to dig that hole when it took an hour using heavy equipment? I also do not see anyone getting away with digging 8 foot pit at a public beach...