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Stay on the paths people!! Guy dies at Yellowstone (1 Viewer)

Mr. Ected

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I was there last summer, the paths there are very obviously labeled. Stay on the paths! WOW!! on the bolded part!

Man Dies After Falling Into Yellowstone Hot Spring


A man has died at Yellowstone National Park after tumbling into a hot spring after wandering off the designated path. Colin Nathaniel Scott, aged 23, fell into the Norris Geyser Basin on June 7, and officials had been trying to recover his body ever since. By June 8, park spokeswoman Charissa Reid told AP that rangers “were able to recover a few personal effects,” but added that “there were no remains left to recover.”

Mr. Scott and his sister wandered off roughly 200 meters (660 feet) from a man-made path. He then slipped and fell into one of the hottest and most volatile areas of the entire region, which quickly killed him. He is one of 22 people who have died from hot spring-related injuries since 1890, and although most have been accidents, two people died when trying to have a swim inside one.

Thanks to the unbelievably huge magma source building up beneath Yellowstone’s caldera, the National Park is home to over 10,000 thermal features, including its famous hot springs and geysers. Rainwater or snowmelt percolates into the ground, where it eventually gets heated from a distance by the underlying mantle hotspot.

Under high pressures and at incredibly high temperatures, this incredibly acidic groundwater is then forced skywards at remarkable speeds as a geyser; at lower pressures, it emerges through so-called hot springs, which are home to thermophilic microorganisms known as archaea. In either case, the average temperature of the water is about 93°C (199°F), and just below the surface, under higher pressures, the water temperature can be much, much higher.

Either way, a person falling into one wouldn’t last very long. The take-home message here is, as always, to stay at a safe distance from them, as marked clearly by the barriers and paths set up by scientific experts and park officials. This most recent tragic death followed on from a close call the previous Saturday, when a 13-year-old boy slipped into a different hot spring and was severely burned, but managed to survive.
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I worked up there for a summer.  An Asian tour bus stopped to look a group of buffalo.  Some idiot tried to put his kid on top of a bull to take a picture.  They were both killed.  Don't ever underestimate the power of stupidity.

 
People don't realize that Yellowstone is supervolcano that will destroy the entire Midwest when it blows.  Not a place to play, folks.

 
If they had a fence or barrier put up then this wouldn't have happened.  Maybe a moat?

 
cstu said:
People don't realize that Yellowstone is supervolcano that will destroy the entire Midwest when it blows.  Not a place to play, folks.
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Saw a show on Smithsonian Channel recently and it looks like it would be more than just the midwest!

Peak said:
If they had a fence or barrier put up then this wouldn't have happened.  Maybe a moat?
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Maybe if they put up clear 'glass' fences it would solve both problems.

 
FYI, Google has some pretty cool street view imagery if the trails around Yellowstone.  I just searched Norris geyser basin.

 
sbonomo said:
I worked up there for a summer.  An Asian tour bus stopped to look a group of buffalo.  Some idiot tried to put his kid on top of a bull to take a picture.  They were both killed.  Don't ever underestimate the power of stupidity.
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I feel really bad about this making me smile.

 
Would be real cool if the body parts clogged up the pipes enough to cause Steamboat to go off regularly

 
Washington Post posted interesting follow-up on that buffalo calf that some people put in the back of their car a couple of months back. 

Boy, do I feel stupid posting all of those shaming comments back then.  Oh wait, I didn't get outraged at all.

 
gb and I visited yellowstone after college- knew all about the deaths/injuries from trying to get too close to the buffalos. so we're walking around, and some yabo is there by himself and asks us to take a picture of him essentially petting a buffalo. no idea if he could even see himself in the picture- we were a good 20+ yards away. and the whole time I was debating whether I'd be happy or sad if the guy got buffaloed.... IIRC, I ultimately was actively hoping he'd get taken out. 

 
Eddie Murphy as James Brown (SNL):

"Too hot in the hot tub...Ahhhwwww"

Seriously though, parts of Norris Geyser Basin are some of the most beautiful places on the planet.

 
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