Posted on 11/17/2016 11:28:04 AM PST by BenLurkin
The body of an Oregon man who slipped and fell into a scalding hot spring while he was trying to “hot-spot” at Yellowstone National Park earlier this year dissolved before rescue crews could finish their recovery, according to a recent report. A view of a hot spring at the Norris Geyser Basin at Yellowstone National Park on May 12, 2016. (Credit: Mladen Amtonov/AFP/Getty Images)
Colin Nathaniel Scott, 23, was with his younger sister when he walked more than 200 yards away from the boardwalk on June 7 to a hot spring called Pork Chop Geyser.
Scott was planning to “hot-spot,” or soak in the water but slipped and fell in when he reached down to check the temperature, television station KULR reported Monday following a Freedom of Information Act request.
The incident was apparently recorded by Scott’s sister, according to the television station, but park officials would not release or comment on the video.
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I bet he had the car keys in his pocket, too.
--PJ
Right out of the “Free Fire” novel in the Joe Pickett series
There is a great book titled “Death in Yellowstone” about all of ways stupid people have died at the park. There is also a companion volume titled “Death in the Grand Canyon.” Both are great books, and sadly out of print.
We have a hot spring on the property (we live not too far from Yellowstone) and it heats our house, driveway, garage, hot tub, and pool.
Our water is usually around 150F-165F and you would not want to be in contact with it for a long time.
The way our house was built the water can be routed into the slab foundation of the house during the winter to keep it warm and then it goes out to the garage, then the driveway, and then into the hot tub, pool, and then it flows to the creek.
It’s around 100 in the hot tub and the pool is about 80 all the time.
It’s really nice EXCEPT for the smell but you do get used to it over time and anymore I kind of like it!
Darwin Candidate? Call him Lobster Boy II
And what a great series it is!!!!
Saved on cremation cost.
A friend of mine told me of her first trip as a child to Yellowstone. It will always be remembered as another kid ran up and jumped into the pool.
The rangers had to fish him out in pieces.
I guess you don’t shovel much snow!
yep- andd lots of signs warning you can fall through the crusty soil into hidden hot water, too.
I said something about Darwin Awards out loud, which went right over their heads.
His soul is 100% intact. We should be sober in our own paths and what is offered by Christ.
May he RIP.
The point about risk-taking is that bad things can actually happen. Unfortunately, a lot of people don’t fully grasp that part, think it’s all about mastering fear, and nothing more.
If she posts the video, half of them will get it.
dammit you made me spit coffee all over...
Nice twist on all the “selfie” related fatalities. Put that on YouTube!
“I guess you don’t shovel much snow!”
Oh, we still get to shovel plenty of snow but just not on the driveway!
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