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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If the caldera blows I guess we won’t be seeing you around here anymore.
“A class mate of mine back in 6th grade circa 69-70, little brother fell into Old faithful.”
He should have returned within an hour or so.
“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.”
John Colter, the first white man to view yellowstone said a similar thing and people thought he was crazy.
Locals call it Cape Canaveral or just the Cape. The name change stunt was soundly rejected by natives.
“Locals call it Cape Canaveral or just the Cape.”
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So do I——the “name everything after Kennedy” madness went a bit too far.
“If the caldera blows I guess we won’t be seeing you around here anymore.”
If the caldera blows there won’t be much “here” around here anymore.
In any case, living with one of the world’s most dangerous super-volcanoes is still eminently preferable to living anywhere in the socialist state of California.
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