TRAVEL MAN BATHES IN YELLOWSTONE BASIN, DISSOLVES IN BOILING ACID

[OriZ 3,157]

A Portland, Oregon man who was hoping to bathe in a hot pool in Yellowstone National Park died and was dissolved when he fell into the park's boiling, acidic Norris Geyser Basin, park officials have disclosed.

On a college graduation trip, Colin Scott, 23, and his sister were looking for a place to "hot pot," or soak in the steaming waters -- a practice the national park forbids. A report on the June 7th accident, obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request by KULR-TV, quoted Scott's sister, Sable Scott, as saying "her brother was reaching down to check the temperature of a hot spring when he slipped and fell into the pool." She tried to rescue her brother, unsuccessfully. She was recording with her cellphone when he fell; the incident was captured on video.

Sable Scott notified park authorities, who sent a search and rescue team that was thwarted by a lightning storm. They couldn't recover her brother's body from the pool, and upon returning the next day, found that the acidic waters had disintegrated the body.

"In a very short order, there was a significant amount of dissolving," Deputy Chief Ranger Lorant Veress said.

https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/hot-pot-death-yellowstone-national-park

[bcking 3,157]

Man that is a bad way to go. Feel sorry for the guy (and his sister).

I was in Java, Indonesia this summer and climbed up Kawah Ijen. The crater there has one of the most acidic lakes in the world, and recently someone fell into it and met a similar end. Though the person wasn't actually trying to bath in it like these kids were. Tourists climb the moutain at around 3 AM to see "blue fire" from sulfur deposits. It was pitch black and apparently he just was wandering around without a flashlight and walk off a ledge into the lake.

[MarkPerry 488]

A Portland, Oregon man who was hoping to bathe in a hot pool in Yellowstone National Park died and was dissolved when he fell into the park's boiling, acidic Norris Geyser Basin, park officials have disclosed.

On a college graduation trip, Colin Scott, 23, and his sister were looking for a place to "hot pot," or soak in the steaming waters -- a practice the national park forbids. A report on the June 7th accident, obtained under a Freedom of Information Act request by KULR-TV, quoted Scott's sister, Sable Scott, as saying "her brother was reaching down to check the temperature of a hot spring when he slipped and fell into the pool." She tried to rescue her brother, unsuccessfully. She was recording with her cellphone when he fell; the incident was captured on video.

Sable Scott notified park authorities, who sent a search and rescue team that was thwarted by a lightning storm. They couldn't recover her brother's body from the pool, and upon returning the next day, found that the acidic waters had disintegrated the body.

"In a very short order, there was a significant amount of dissolving," Deputy Chief Ranger Lorant Veress said.

https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/hot-pot-death-yellowstone-national-park

What an Idiot

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

I hear that parts of the MDL are also very acidic

[OriZ 3,157]

I hear that parts of the MDL are also very acidic

I think it's one less snowflake to worry about.

[Teddy B 17,252]

I hear that parts of the MDL are also very acidic

No acid in this ditch NB, jump on in.

As for the guy in the op, that's a tough way to go.

[bcking 3,157]

I think it's one less snowflake to worry about.

Yes it wasn't a smart decision to make. However, I don't think it's appropriate or funny to poke fun at the dead. The guy made a mistake a paid the ultimate price. He was 23 years old.

[OriZ 3,157]

Yes it wasn't a smart decision to make. However, I don't think it's appropriate or funny to poke fun at the dead. The guy made a mistake a paid the ultimate price. He was 23 years old.

My joke was only in response to naitch's joke. Relax, I'm not really happy when anybody dies.

[bcking 3,157]

My joke was only in response to naitch's joke. Relax, I'm not really happy when anybody dies.

Ya I quoted you but my statement applies to both.

Not sure why politics had to even come up on this. It has nothing to do with what happened.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Ya I quoted you but my statement applies to both.

Not sure why politics had to even come up on this. It has nothing to do with what happened.

Once you've been here a while you'll see that sooner or later every thread comes down to politics, race, guns or religion. And more often than not it's all of the above. If any thread stays on topic for more than 2 pages, somebody's slacking off.

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Because...

CEHST!!

Not sure why politics had to even come up on this. It has nothing to do with what happened.

Edited November 17, 2016 by LFEHFN

[Voice of Reason 10,298]

Careful man. Some here don't like to be addressed as newcomers who aren't yet familiar with the acidic ways of CEHST (pun not intended towards OP).

Once you've been here a while you'll see that sooner or later every thread comes down to politics, race, guns or religion. And more often than not it's all of the above. If any thread stays on topic for more than 2 pages, somebody's slacking off.

[Ban Hammer 13,754]

darwin award?

[MarkPerry 488]

darwin award?

Exactly