Posted on 06/08/2016 9:15:29 AM PDT by bgill
Reid said the man is presumed dead because he has yet to be found, "the recovery process is very difficult because of the hazards of the environment,” said Reid.
Reid said the man is in his 20s, but she would not identify the man or where he is from. The man reportedly walked about 225 yards off the board walk before falling in to the hot spring.
The springs are known to reach temperatures that would be deadly to humans on contact.
(Excerpt) Read more at krtv.com ...
are = aren’t
Colin Nathaniel Scott, 23, was with his sister when he walked off a designated boardwalk and fell at the Norris Geyser Basin on Tuesday, according to Yellowstone National Park. He fell 225 yards from the boardwalk.
From Portland, Oregon
Thanks for the update.
Stupid human tricks.
Yes, I was wondering if distances changed.
They just SEEM longer as one grows old.
lol
“Well done”
I’m poaching that for future reference!
If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Tragic event. Other reports indicate he was with his sister, though not clear if she left the boardwalk. I was a 20 something too, even a teenager. But I fail to understand how even kids over the age of 8 or so ignore the copious signs about the geysers, the buffalo, the bears when they're ithe threats are within eyesight.
You're correct, lots of parks. Admission would be more than Disney, have to pay the trial lawyers.
Oh no! Went there as a little girl. Our parents held our hands..
“...told us about a dog that had jumped into a hot spring. They don’t try to rescue you.”
They did not tell you the whole story.
I live just north of YNP and when I was in college here (Bozeman) that’s when the dog jumped into a pool - and the owner jumped in to save the dog as it was yelping like crazy.
Both were DOA.
Nature is brutal.
I suggest he was a biologist and went to a pristine location to collect samples of the bacteria existing in the hellish environment
the bacteria ate him
it was an accident....perhaps we should have a little sympathy for those who are naïve about nature's wrath...
its not like he died robbing a liquor store...
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