Posted on 07/21/2026 10:51:11 PM PDT by Morgana
Two tourists have ignited fury after being seen walking perilously close to the boiling waters of a world-famous hot spring.
Footage shot by Tanya Saueressig, of Livingston, Montana, showed the moment inside Yellowstone National Park when two women began approaching the Grand Prismatic Spring around 7pm local time Sunday after veering off-track.
The women nonchalantly walked on the spring's colorful microbial mats, which shine hues of yellow, orange and red thanks to the heat-loving bacteria around the edges of the pool.
Saueressig said she stopped in her tracks when she spotted the women near the 160-foot-deep spring, which has a center that reaches 188° F.
'Is that people?' Saueressig recalled thinking. 'That can't be people. Nobody's that dumb.'
The National Park Service has warned that even if the ground around Yellowstone may look solid, it can be 'just a thin crust with super-heated water below.'
Not only was the act extremely dangerous, but it was also illegal and could lead to repercussions for the two women, who are yet to be identified.
Traveling off boardwalks or designated trails is illegal at Yellowstone, according to the US Code of Federal Regulations.
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“...including a man who leaped into the boiling springs to save his dog. Neither dog nor man survived.”
I remember when that happened...so foolish.
Daily Fail, Henry Nowak’s murder and the complicity of your police infuriates me.
Some moron dumb enough to put himself in harm’s way to get clicks does not.
They don’t have automobiles?
It’s not simply the heat. My understanding is that The extremely high alkalinity of the boiling water eats away flesh immediately
My wife wants to fly, not drive in; and not fly to an airport 150 miles away and then drive. She grew up in Hong Kong and wants the world connected by subway. :)
We fly in to Jackson Hole. It is a bit of a drive to YNP but it’s through the Tetons, which is prettier to me than YNP.
It’s acid, not alkaline. Basically near-boiling dilute sulfuric acid.
And to think I survived working/playing in Yellowstone for 2.5 months as a 17 year old. Skinny dipping, hitch hiking, partying in the woods.
Let Evolution do it’s work.
They look like Indians. Foreigners are the worst In Yellowstone.
They have zero respect for nature.
You talk to them and they pretend to not speak any English.
There are trashy as well.
My bf son is a Ranger there.
He has so many stories of stupid humans.
It’s a 25 hour drive for me. I drive straight through sometimes or stop in Colorado. I love flying but hate TSA and won’t fly again.
It’s a 25 hour drive for me. I drive straight through sometimes or stop in Colorado. I love flying but hate TSA and won’t fly again.
Oops, double post.
Boo Boo, “they” just don’t obey ANY rules.
This is America. If you want to jump into a hot spring and boil to death well.....
I’ve seen a couple different articles and depending on the lighting they could be asian or black. In any event, it is a very serious trespass.
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