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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It’s a sad story, I really feel for his sister who witnessed the whole thing. But, I honestly have less sympathy for him, going deliberately as he did, than I do for the guy who tried to save his dog.
It’s impossible to make something foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
It’s “hot potting” not “spot potting”.
People were not that stupid back then. :-)
Sorry to say this but most likely one less Portlander to riot...
Now they will call it "Long Pig Geyser".
I’m not sure I’d want to live on top of a semi-dormant supervolcano, but to each his own. As long as you’re prepared: I assume you keep your tinfoil hats in good condition and in a convenient location, just in case the big one blows again ....
That brought to mind a Gahan Wilson cartoon that pictured a pterodactyl flying off with a struggling man in it's jaws while the woman below is running after it screaming "George, drop the keys, drop the keys!". (Looked for it but couldn't find it.)
Genetic extinction at its finest.
Went to Cape Kennedy in 1996. That had signs in the Visitor Center Parking lot to stay on the sidewalk because of alligators.
Author C.J. Box writes a series set in WY and occasionally in the Yellowstone area that features a WY game ranger, Joe Pickett. The book “Free Fire” featured some seasonal Yellowstone employees “hot potting” as part of the book plot. I recommend all of the “Joe Pickett” books but that one was interesting with extra Yellowstone details.
They’re potentially anywhere in Florida. I have a neat photo from a ditch around a parking lot in Hollywood, I believe. Just happened to look into it. Gator probably lived on rats and cats. And they’re a given in the ‘Glades. The stupid little orange cone was more an attraction to me than a warning.
I’ve never been to Yellowstone, but I’m going to go out on a limb and guess there were prominent signs warning people to not get close to the steaming hot springs
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There are signs EVERYWHERE about staying on the designated path. You would have to be blind not to see them. There are also signs everywhere about keeping away from the bison, and we saw people going 10 feet away from them to take a picture.
Right as I was slowing down to pull in an 8- 10 foot gator lumbered across the road from ditch to the next. I held my 10 year old daughter’s hand pretty tight...
You haven’t been around young girls with smartphones?
It’s disturbing.
At Yellowstone you can catch a trout in an icy stream and turn around and face the other way and boil it in a steaming pool without ever having it leave your hook.
That’s a biggun. There was a 10 footer basking on the pavement in the ‘Glades as we drove up. It launched into the water on one side, as we jumped out of the car. It was scary how fast it just vanished in shallow water.
There were some scenes in the movie Dante’s Peak where swimmers were boiled.
When we were driving from Orlando to the Cape I kept seeing what looked like tire treads on the freeway (like when a semi looses as re-cap) but it was still dark. As the sun rose I noticed those tire were squished alligators in 2-3 foot range. I though about going to a hardware store and buying a pair of pliers, saw and knife to skin one out but never did.
National parks are often and frequently frought with danger. They let the visitors explore and they pretty much assume their visitors are not morons. So far they have not let the morons suck the joy out of other.people ennoying the parks. I was at arches on a ledge , which was part of the trail, and I was taking a pic and a gust blew. I lost a couple night’s sleep on that one and I was being careful.
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