Man dead after falling into Yellowstone hot spring

His body has not been recovered
Norris Geyser Basin is the hottest thermal area in the park


The park website describes the basin as the hottest thermal area in Yellowstone.
The park website describes the basin as the hottest thermal area in Yellowstone.

(CNN)A man visiting Yellowstone National Park was killed after he stepped off a designated boardwalk, slipped and fell into a hot spring.

Colin Nathaniel Scott, 23, of Portland, Oregon, was with his sister when he fell in near the Noris Basin Geyser on Tuesday, officials said.

His body has not yet been recovered. Authorities were proceeding with caution because of the heat around the springs.

"This tragic event must remind all of us to follow the regulations and stay on boardwalks when visiting Yellowstone's geyser basins," said park Superintendent Dan Wenk.

The park website describes the site as the hottest thermal area

in Yellowstone. It says that the superheated water of geysers can reach the boiling point

while circulating deep in the Earth and as high as 400 degrees Fahrenheit, or 205 degrees Celsius, within the geyser plumbing system as it pushes upward.

Over the weekend, a 13-year-old boy burned his ankle and foot when he fell into a hot pool in Yellowstone's Upper Geyser Basin. His father slipped while carrying him, the Billings Gazette reported

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/07/travel/yellowstone-geyser-man-falls-trnd/index.html?eref=rss_us/

This absolutely tragic accident.
Not only for the victim, but his sister & everyone else, who witnessed it.

This story broke 20+ hours ago..
Why, has it taken so long for him to be declared dead ?

This has happened before Sassy. He's probably in a medically induced coma. Too much pain. There just wating for brain death. At that temp he was quick fried. Tissue damage is unrecoverable. Terrible.

I can definitely understand, a drug induced coma.

But it says, " His body has NOT been recovered "

So he never made it out.
Why wait , 20+ hours for his death to be official?

""After Scott's sister reported the fall, rangers navigated over the highly-fragile crust of the geyser basin to try to recover his body. They halted the effort Wednesday "due to the extreme nature and futility of it all," Reid said, referring to the high temperature and acidic nature of the spring.

The death occurred in one of the hottest and most volatile areas of Yellowstone. It follows high-profile incidents at the rugged park in which tourists got too close to wildlife or went off designated pathways onto unique landmarks, sometimes leading to injuries.

"It's sort of dumb, if I could be so blunt, to walk off the boardwalks not knowing what you're doing," said Kenneth Sims, a University of Wyoming geology professor and member of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.""
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-man-falls-into-yellowstone-hot-spring-20160607-story.html

Oops, sry. Guess then it's states law. Can't be dead unless pronounced by a doctor or a coroner. Habits Corpus.
Latin means, having the body.

Another moron out of the gene pool.

Such a sympathetic and caring response from someone who clearly must know more about the case than has been published.

In some cases the reports turn out to be false. Without a body a police investigation is required.

Ach! Of course
Thanks.

"(CNN)A man visiting Yellowstone National Park was killed after he stepped off a designated boardwalk, slipped and fell into a hot spring. ""

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. The guy is no different from the tourist that picked up the bison calf or the woman charged by the elk after getting too close. They were lucky....this guy wasnt.

Not only is his stupidity published, its published in the first sentence of the OP article.

those Things are definitely NOT your normal Hot-Tub!

well, if you don't want to fall into a 400 degree hot spring, don't go off the wooden trail... there's only about 500 signs that say not to... this guy earned a Darwin nomination for his actions...

Yellowstone Says ‘No Remains Left To Recover’ Of Visitor Who Fell Into Hot Spring (UPDATE)

huffpo article...

After all those hours boiling...He was definitely....'fall-off-the-bone'...ish. Yeck!

This falls under the same catagory as the people who jump into the polar bear exhibit at the zoo. Like I said, another moron taken out of the gene pool.

Nomination?
Me thinks he got the Award!
How could anyone be so fool around such obvious danger?

Even though, Lawyers are preparing the lawsuit as we speak

lol, the award given, IMO, should have been if he told someone before "hold my beer and watch this"...