ConfusingJazz
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Man dissolved in acidic water at Yellowstone after he slips into pool
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Just released the report.
Infernostew
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At first I was thinking, "Again!?" but then I saw it was an old story.
Count Dookkake
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The combo splatter.
Lol.
Dash_Riprock
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Here's a question to give you nightmares: What killed him first? Drowning, or the boiling acidic temperature?
Chie Satonaka
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NOLA_Gaffer
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I can only imagine how horrifying that must have been to witness.
exmachina64
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This is one of those threads that gets closed.
Sounds like a good scenario for a Coen brothers movie
Ray Wonder
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Boy I got into that thread last time, this was so important to me then 😂
SymbiantXenos
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Remember the dude in Robocop who crashes the van into a toxic waste silo?
Yeah....
Yeah....
Horsemama1956
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They have to say desolved in the title?
That's a horrifyingly painful way to die.
Doubly sad if his family are ones to cremate a loved one.
What gets me is that they didn't send a rescue team out due to a lightning storm. Even without air transport, it surely shouldn't take much longer by car + foot.
Edit: Sorry, misread. That's even more confusing, though.
Doubly sad if his family are ones to cremate a loved one.
What gets me is that they didn't send a rescue team out due to a lightning storm. Even without air transport, it surely shouldn't take much longer by car + foot.
Edit: Sorry, misread. That's even more confusing, though.
Dash_Riprock
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Technically the acid cremated him for them.
How About No
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idk maybe there was a chance
But yeah I vaguely remember this story and that's a horrible way to die
Oh it *is* that case. For a second I thought someone else already fell in one of those mud stews.
It's rough stuff but it's playing with fire (almost literally) to be getting that close and off the safe areas.
I mean, a hot pot is a boiling soup that you cook things in, so yeah, I guess he succeeded in hot potting.
I remember all of the warning signs that were posted around the thermal pools, geysers, and mud volcanoes in Yellowstone the last time I went. And the smell of sulfur is so strong around some of them that I have no clue why you'd want to soak in any of it. But maybe they need to be more frank about it. "SERIOUSLY: THIS IS HOT FUCKING ACID. YOU CAN'T SWIM IN THIS AND LIVE, DIPSHIT." Something like that.
I remember all of the warning signs that were posted around the thermal pools, geysers, and mud volcanoes in Yellowstone the last time I went. And the smell of sulfur is so strong around some of them that I have no clue why you'd want to soak in any of it. But maybe they need to be more frank about it. "SERIOUSLY: THIS IS HOT FUCKING ACID. YOU CAN'T SWIM IN THIS AND LIVE, DIPSHIT." Something like that.
Trojita
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If you get fully immersed you'd want to die as quickly as possible. It's a nightmare.
You instantly go blind. It's really hot. Acid is burning you. Eventually all the nerves in your body die, so now you don't feel anything. Then you just eventually die.
InfiniteBento
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Ruthless as fuck lmao
bonesmccoy
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Not just all the signs, the areas around the pools themselves look like death-zones already.
I have to suspect some kind of recreational substance was involved.
Spiral Insanity
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No he just dissolved, he is fine
CarpeDeezNutz
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Are the pools you are allowed to get in or is everything marked with a warning sign?
Hold my beer.
The Lone Courier
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Oh good I was worried for a second.
Vermillion
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It occurs to me that if she pushed him in, we'd never know.
But! I doubt this is the case, and I feel bad for them.
Just a random thought.
I'm terrible, I know.
But! I doubt this is the case, and I feel bad for them.
Just a random thought.
I'm terrible, I know.
You are not...NOT...allowed in these pools. There are a shit ton of warning signs saying as much.
If you want hot springs for people in Yellowstone: https://rootsrated.com/stories/hot-springs-around-yellowstone-where-to-legally-take-dip
Are the 1980's okay with the fact that you're still using theirs?
I'm morbidly curious about this too, so I'll take a guess. I think asphyxiation/drowning did him in. He probably inhaled quite a bit of the acidic water into his lungs which probably burned away the lining of his lungs/esophagus and contributed to a somewhat quick death (less than 1 minute). Combined with the shock, and burning away of the nerves, I'm thinking he didn't really feel more than 15-20 seconds of pain before asphyxiation, unconsciousness, then death soon after.
CarpeDeezNutz
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That looks more inviting than the scary looking acid pits!
Dash_Riprock
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Oh, we're cool. I have it on extended loan.
Given the heat and acidity, I'm guessing it went pretty fast. But yeah, that's...not a good way to go. I don't like getting the water in a hot tub in my eyes, boiling acid is probably not pleasant.
Still a freaking idiot for ignoring the giant signs everywhere telling you to stay on the trail or potentially die a horrible death. That hasn't changed since the original thread. Maybe Yellowstone will update some of them with this story, so he can serve as a warning to others.
BlazinSkatinAxel
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KeyBladerXIII
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Found some footage:
Brianimaniac
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This thread just makes me want The Dissolve back.
Arrogant Bastard
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Oh wow, totally forgot about that part! The old lady scene scarred me as a kid, so that's what came to my mind, lol.
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