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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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1 posted on 11/17/2016 11:28:04 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Hippity Hop all the way to the Birdie Boiler.


2 posted on 11/17/2016 11:29:19 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Yo-Yo
Hippity Hop all the way to the Birdie Boiler.

Ummmmm .... wha ?
3 posted on 11/17/2016 11:30:21 AM PST by Scythian_Reborn
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To: BenLurkin

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.


4 posted on 11/17/2016 11:31:01 AM PST by Repealthe17thAmendment
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To: BenLurkin

Can we just direct those protester to that place


5 posted on 11/17/2016 11:31:15 AM PST by al baby (Hi Mom Its a Joke friends)
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To: BenLurkin

There are undoubtedly MANY signs in the area warning of potential danger.

6 posted on 11/17/2016 11:31:50 AM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: BenLurkin

Horrible. I think of the sister in particular to watch him die right in front of her in that way, then to know that his body disintegrated and there could be no true funeral must be traumatizing.


7 posted on 11/17/2016 11:31:58 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment
I’ve never been to Yellowstone, but I’m going to go out on a limb ...

I learned one key thing from this story: Never go out on a limb at Yellowstone! NEVER!

8 posted on 11/17/2016 11:32:56 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

We were typing the same thing simultaneously. GMTA.

9 posted on 11/17/2016 11:33:31 AM PST by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: BenLurkin

Darwin soup?


10 posted on 11/17/2016 11:33:42 AM PST by PROCON (President-Elect TRUMP, what a sweet sound!)
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To: BenLurkin

Wow...all the warnings everywhere to stay on the boardwalks and he still goes off the trail. There are stories everywhere of legs punching through the crust and getting parboiled in nothing flat.

Hate to say it, but “Darwin Award Winner.”

I can’t imagine the anguish in his younger sister who had to watch that (and was apparently filming it).


11 posted on 11/17/2016 11:35:23 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: BenLurkin
Scott was planning to “hot-spot,” or soak in the water but slipped and fell in when he reached down to check the temperature...

Mission accomplished.

12 posted on 11/17/2016 11:36:27 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: BenLurkin

Soak in a geyser? There’s a new level of stupidity.


13 posted on 11/17/2016 11:36:47 AM PST by ozzymandus
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment
You can't walk 100 feet without a warning sign. They used to explain it thusly:


14 posted on 11/17/2016 11:37:46 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

I went around 30 years ago. I don’t remember signs...but the path you walk is essentially a boardwalk, with railing on both sides. I do think there was a park ranger at the beginning of the path, who gave us instructions not to leave the path...really so we wouldn’t damage the springs.


15 posted on 11/17/2016 11:38:40 AM PST by lacrew
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To: BenLurkin

I won’t believe this unless I see it repeated and proved on Myth busters.


16 posted on 11/17/2016 11:40:18 AM PST by Daffynition (*Donald Trump represents the WILL of the PEOPLE.*~ Don King 09.24.16)
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To: lacrew

The average IQ is 100. 50% of people are below that. To top it off, his sister filmed his death. Something is very wrong with that behavior.


17 posted on 11/17/2016 11:41:08 AM PST by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: Scythian_Reborn
Referencing a scene from The Lion King.

https://youtu.be/Ij-vIh3gBPw?t=147

18 posted on 11/17/2016 11:41:46 AM PST by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

And you’d be right. Maybe he was UI or did it on a dare...he was that age. Too Bad but a lesson to others like him.

Yellowstone is very dangerous. I am surprised more people don’t “slip and fall” into the beautiful blue bubble pots.


19 posted on 11/17/2016 11:42:36 AM PST by Bodega (elective, therapeutic abortion sequelae)
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To: hal ogen

“The average IQ is 100. 50% of people are below that”

Ha. I tell my daughter to watch out on the road - half the people out there are below average drivers.

This guy went 200 yards! away from the path. I have to assume his little sister was in tow, if she was able to film it. I’m sure they were looking for a moment of youtube glory.


20 posted on 11/17/2016 11:44:03 AM PST by lacrew
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