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Man’s death shows the enticing beauty — and deadly power — of Yellowstone’s colorful hot springs
Washington Post ^ | June 9 2016 | Katie Mettler

Posted on 06/09/2016 1:09:08 PM PDT by Gamecock

Edited on 06/09/2016 1:25:23 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Colin Scott and his sister, Sable, came Tuesday for the mesmerizing hot springs, a favorite sightseeing stop for millions of tourists each year at Yellowstone National Park, in Wyoming, where mineral deposits tint crystal-clear pools of steaming water brilliant shades of blue, green, orange and yellow.


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TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: liberal; west
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To: Gamecock

He was wearing flip-flops and slipped?

Young people think they can’t get hurt.

Stay on the walkways.


41 posted on 06/09/2016 2:21:59 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: miss marmelstein
Pleased to meet/contact you, I've read most of your posts. Is your problem with ME or my post/reply?

You posted two lines:

He wandered off the boardwalk? (This is why I stick to cities for my vacations...)

A person died.

In your foolish attempt to denigrate either me or the ‘big city’ you totally misunderstood what I was saying. Or you understood but just decided to make an attack on cities - a familiar tactic which I’ve endured here since you were a dull glance in your father’s eye.

I'd really appreciate a reply to the above.

(by the way, I've always spoken highly of you)

42 posted on 06/09/2016 2:29:37 PM PDT by This_far (I'll match any NEW DONOR dollar for dollar (cllk my nik for the fine print))
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To: Gamecock

He had a degree in psychology.


43 posted on 06/09/2016 2:34:41 PM PDT by familyop ("Welcome to Costco. I love you." --Costco greeter in the movie, "Idiocracy")
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To: This_far
this young man was careless but he wasn't smoking dope, robbing stores, or raping unconscious women....

can we save our vitriol for the truly horrible people in this world?...

walking off a wildlife trail is not the worse of the worse, not even close....

God bless this young man and his family...tragic mistake made, sadly...

44 posted on 06/09/2016 2:35:27 PM PDT by cherry
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To: MeganC

What a disgusting thing to say or post


45 posted on 06/09/2016 2:35:34 PM PDT by This_far (I'll match any NEW DONOR dollar for dollar (cllk my nik for the fine print))
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To: Mears

Boiled alive.....


46 posted on 06/09/2016 2:39:16 PM PDT by njslim
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To: njslim

Hopefully it was quick and painless.


47 posted on 06/09/2016 2:39:52 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: cherry

and I meant that for all of us not directed at you This_far.....sorry...


48 posted on 06/09/2016 2:41:03 PM PDT by cherry
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To: xp38

That is amazing ... deadly ... beauty. I think I’ll stay in the air conditioning.


49 posted on 06/09/2016 2:42:09 PM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS

Where do YOU live ?

I live now in Montana and have visited many of the hot springs... (there are many along roads hundreds of miles away from the the areas that you and others mock).

[there are better ways of saying Hello, but there’s no time like the present]


50 posted on 06/09/2016 2:44:17 PM PDT by This_far (I'll match any NEW DONOR dollar for dollar (cllk my nik for the fine print))
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To: This_far
Wandering off of a wooden walkway and stepping into boiling hot water to your ultimate demise should not be something one makes light of.

Oh, sure it is, especially when the moron in question did so in spite of well published warnings and fences. That sucker is one person we can all do quite well without.

I wonder if buzzards like cooked meat?

51 posted on 06/09/2016 2:52:40 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: This_far

I’ll tell you though their actions simply make one want to boil.


52 posted on 06/09/2016 2:53:10 PM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: yetidog
What about the park workers that got in the wrong hot pot..or the person that picks up a coral snake thinking it to be a king snake?

Red to yellow kills a fellow
Red to brown, stick around

53 posted on 06/09/2016 2:53:58 PM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: GingisK

When and how many times have you been at there?


54 posted on 06/09/2016 3:01:08 PM PDT by This_far (I'll match any NEW DONOR dollar for dollar (cllk my nik for the fine print))
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To: This_far

“What a disgusting thing to say or post”

He was a pro-gun Republican. He’d have probably laughed about it himself.


55 posted on 06/09/2016 3:06:03 PM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: miss marmelstein

There are a lot of viperous moozlums in London...beware.


56 posted on 06/09/2016 3:07:08 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: This_far
A very long time ago, with caring parents. I suppose next you will tell me that the stupid boob wasn't told to stay on the boardwalks at peril of his life, and that it was clearly the Park Service's fault he ignored them and went off the trail.

The net result is that the Nanny State will now feel disposed to fence off the area so that people have to view it from afar through tall chain link fences.

57 posted on 06/09/2016 3:07:48 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: cherry

Apology to you, from me.

Within the week a young child was ‘hurt from hot spring’, his father also attempting to save him.

I’m not trying to put blame or institute change.

Just stop the careless blaming without knowledge of ever having been there.


58 posted on 06/09/2016 3:11:27 PM PDT by This_far (I'll match any NEW DONOR dollar for dollar (cllk my nik for the fine print))
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To: familyop

Looking at his profile I don’t think he was a liberal. Probably young and adventurous in a very dangerous place.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottcolin


59 posted on 06/09/2016 3:11:44 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Gamecock

It’s always a pity when thoughtlessness leads to death. His sister saw him fall in. The only thing recovered was his flip-flops. He was by all accounts a bright, caring young man. What a way to go, I hope for his sake it was mercifully quick.


60 posted on 06/09/2016 3:11:59 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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