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Oregon Man’s Body Dissolved After Fall Into Yellowstone Hot Spring
KTLA ^ | , Updated at 06:37am, November 17, 2016 | Anthony Kurzweil

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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TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: darwinaward; nationalparks; porkchopgeyser; yellowstone; yikes
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To: BenLurkin

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.


61 posted on 11/17/2016 12:40:42 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: MPB

It’s impossible to make something foolproof because fools are so ingenious.


62 posted on 11/17/2016 12:44:34 PM PST by MrEdd (MrEdd)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s “hot potting” not “spot potting”.


63 posted on 11/17/2016 12:45:18 PM PST by utax
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To: lacrew

People were not that stupid back then. :-)


64 posted on 11/17/2016 12:49:35 PM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: BenLurkin

Sorry to say this but most likely one less Portlander to riot...


65 posted on 11/17/2016 12:51:36 PM PST by shotgun
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To: BenLurkin
he walked more than 200 yards away from the boardwalk on June 7 to a hot spring called Pork Chop Geyser.

Now they will call it "Long Pig Geyser".

66 posted on 11/17/2016 1:01:16 PM PST by doorgunner69
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To: MeganC

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 ....


67 posted on 11/17/2016 1:02:08 PM PST by sphinx
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To: Political Junkie Too
I bet he had the car keys in his pocket, too.

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.)

68 posted on 11/17/2016 1:04:24 PM PST by Oatka (Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young.)
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To: BenLurkin

Genetic extinction at its finest.


69 posted on 11/17/2016 1:08:19 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: gundog

Went to Cape Kennedy in 1996. That had signs in the Visitor Center Parking lot to stay on the sidewalk because of alligators.


70 posted on 11/17/2016 1:08:19 PM PST by shotgun
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To: utax

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.

https://www.amazon.com/Free-Fire-Joe-Pickett-Novel-ebook/dp/B004IE9QOA/ref=sr_1_13?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1479417358&sr=1-13&keywords=cj+box+joe+pickett+in+order


71 posted on 11/17/2016 1:17:31 PM PST by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: shotgun

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.


72 posted on 11/17/2016 1:24:28 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

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.


73 posted on 11/17/2016 1:25:48 PM PST by LydiaLong
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To: gundog

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...


74 posted on 11/17/2016 1:26:21 PM PST by shotgun
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To: hal ogen

You haven’t been around young girls with smartphones?

It’s disturbing.


75 posted on 11/17/2016 1:29:18 PM PST by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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To: BenLurkin

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.


76 posted on 11/17/2016 1:32:03 PM PST by Dr. Zzyzx (And)
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To: shotgun

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.


77 posted on 11/17/2016 1:32:52 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: BenLurkin

There were some scenes in the movie Dante’s Peak where swimmers were boiled.


78 posted on 11/17/2016 1:35:59 PM PST by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: gundog

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.


79 posted on 11/17/2016 1:50:40 PM PST by shotgun
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To: BenLurkin

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.


80 posted on 11/17/2016 1:53:00 PM PST by BRL
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