[Bayard]

No details about this in the story. Terrible tragic thing however.

[BradyLS]

Prayers for that poor young lad. Too young to really know any better.

[a real Sheila]

I have seen parents allow their feral children run wild in very dangerous places like Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, Yosemite, etc. I saw a kid hanging onto a dinky branch over white water rapids in Yosemite. Had he fallen into the river, it would have been all over. The parent gently scolded the kid with “Stop doing that Jimmy. One. Twooooo. Threeee....”

[Migraine]

Too bad they don’t have but 500 signs around these areas. They need more, I guess.

[Vermont Lt]

Those hot spots at Yellowstone are no place for little kids who are not on a leash.

[PghBaldy]

I hope and pray the child recovers with as little suffering as possible. Very sad.

[fireman15]

In the late 1950s my grandfather was trout fishing at the big lake in Yellowstone and stepped backwards while he was reeling one in and fell into a hot spring. Most of his skin was scalded. He got out of the hot water in a hurry and jumped into the cold lake.

My dad gave him a ride on the back of his Cushman Motor-scooter to the hospital which was 40 miles away. He was in the hospital for over a week and almost all of his skin peeled off, but fortunately it was more like a severe sunburn in most places. So he survived and had minimal visible scarring.

[thirst4truth]

As far as I know my brothers friend Rick had the most severe accident in Yellowstone than any other and that was 40 years ago. He was 20 something and fell in, he was burned over his whole body, not his face. Survived but burned badly.

You can see in the bottom of these hot, hot pools, bones from animals that fell in and died. Probably not the best place to take a toddler that does not obey and runs.

[Gay State Conservative]

Boy,Yellowstone is one place where you’d want to have one of those leashes for your toddler.

[metmom]

Poor baby.

So where were the parents and why wasn’t the kid tethered to one of them if allowed to walk free?

[irish guard]

We had young boys when we went to Yellowstone......5, 9 and 13. As we walked near the edges of cliffs, a waterfall or the river, I told the boys That mom and I are holding your hand...and that if you fall into the river you will die (it was early June and the spring runoff was still underway) because I’m not going in to save you since I would die trying.

[faucetman]

Quick! Put up a fence to destroy the beauty of Yellowstone.

Beth’s gonna be pissed!

[goodnesswins]

“the child ran off a trail”.....2 year olds on trails (w/o restraints) in Yellowstone is a Very Bad Decision.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Kids do the darndest things.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

A friend of ours visited Yellowstone when she was a child, maybe 60 years ago. All she remembers is another car pulling up, a family getting out, and their kid running down and jumping into a hot pool and screaming.
No cell phones then, and by the time a ranger was notified and on site, the child had begun to dissolve. They, using a net, pulled the kid out in parts.

I saw a small kid at the Grand Canyon climb on a handrail. If his feet had slipped, he would have fell straight into the canyon. I gently told him to be be careful as he might slip, loud enough for the father, who was eyeballing the canyon to hear and he grabbed the kid and chewed him out.

When we went to Dead Horse Point back in 1955, there were no paved roads, no services, no paths, no handrails. Wild as could be. As kids we had enough sense to stay away from the edges.

[Professional]

I’ve heard that Darwin spends months of the year living in Yellowstone National Park.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Put your toddlers on a leash. Yes, people will whine at you but 20 years down the road when you are attending their graduation rather then leaving flowers for their grave it will be worth it.

[SuperLuminal]

The worst thing about this article is that it will definitely give Keith O. an idea of just how to implement his plan to remove all Trump supporters from the Nation...