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[Aruarian Reflection]

Seems like with each passing year, there's more and more incidents at Yellowstone

Last month somebody put a bison calf in their car http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1220247

Some Canadian bros walked all over Grand Prismatic Spring for their youtube channel

Yesterday a group of 6 did the same thing and were escorted out of the park
http://www.ktvq.com/story/32178519/...cross-hot-spring-in-yellowstone-national-park

On Tuesday a 23 year old man walked 200+ yards off the boardwalk in Norris Basin and died when he fell into a hot spring. This is what Norris Basin looks like. Do people not realize Yellowstone is a super volcano and the boardwalk is for their protection? What looks like solid ground may be a thin crust -- break through that and you'll be swimming in a 200 degree, acidic bath
http://www.eastidahonews.com/2016/06/park-releases-name-man-fell-hot-spring/

 

[neshcom]

So dude straight fell into lava? What a rough way to bite it.

 

[MANUELF]

Why was the baby bison euthanized?

 

[Clydefrog]

Jesus what an IDIOT

 

[Aurongel]

Why was the baby bison euthanized?

It was rejected by its mother for smelling like tourists if I recall correctly.

 

[bjork]

Why was the baby bison euthanized?

Contact with humans can make it to where the other bison won't accept it into their herd or whatever, and so it was alone and trying to approach people on roads. They said it was a safety concern.

 

[Valkerionseven]

So dude straight fell into lava? What a rough way to bite it.

No, he fell into a natural boiling hot, cauldron of acidic toxic earth water. Lava would have been a more pleasant a death I'd bet.

 

[East Lake]

What if he was trying to save a baby bison from the boiling hot spring.

 

[joshcryer]

Damn it ate up his remains. That's a good way to disappear if you wanted to I guess.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Well that's certainly horrific. So six people got caught the day before doing this for a YouTube channel, any idea what this guy was doing? Is that a common thing?

 

[Vilam]

Absolute nightmare fuel. What a horrific way to die.

 

[Jesus Carbomb]

What if he was trying to save a baby bison from the boiling hot spring.

 

[bjork]

They should leave the guy's boiled body there floating as a warning for would-be idiots, like they used to put pirates up in the cage. Gibbet, I think it was called?

Damn it ate up his remains. That's a good way to disappear if you wanted to I guess.

damn, so much for my plan

You build a bigger fence and you will have some morons trying to get thier kids over it. Look at zoos.

Totally. There was that dude a few years back that got into the tiger den in... I want to say it was northern California somewhere, and it took some work to climb over it. Unless you enclosed something entirely, people will find a way if they want in.

 

[cameron]

Link to story. National Park Service: "Fatality at Norris Geyser Basin"

A man in his early 20’s walked off the designated boardwalk, slipped, and fell into a hot spring at the Norris Geyser Basin Tuesday, June 7, 2016. Colin Nathaniel Scott, 23, from Portland, Oregon was with his sister, Sable Scott, when the incident occurred approximately 225 yards off the boardwalk near Pork Chop Geyser.The victim’s sister reported the incident to rangers Tuesday afternoon.

Using extreme caution given the hazards of the thermal area, rangers confirmed Scott’s death Tuesday evening. Today, rangers will focus their efforts on recovering the body.

The Norris Geyser Basin is open. However, visitors should anticipate temporary closures in the area until the investigation is complete.

“We extend our sympathy to the Scott family,” said Superintendent Dan Wenk. “This tragic event must remind all of us to follow the regulations and stay on boardwalks when visiting Yellowstone’s geyser basins.”

This fatality is the second known thermal-related incident to occur in the park during the 2016 summer season. Last Saturday, June 6, a father and son suffered burns in the Upper Geyser Basin after walking off the designated trail in the thermal area.

AP: "Nothing to Recover After Man Goes in Hot Spring"

Rangers have suspended efforts to recover the body of an Oregon man who fell into a highly acidic hot spring after wandering away from a designated boardwalk at Yellowstone National Park.

Park spokeswoman Charissa Reid said there were no remains left to recover at the site where 23-year-old Colin Nathaniel Scott slipped into the hot spring on Tuesday.

Reid says Scott's sister was with him at the time of the accident, looking at thermal features in the Norris Geyser Basin. They were about 225 yards away from the boardwalk in violation of park rules.

Days earlier, a 13-year-old boy was burned in a different hot spring in Yellowstone.

At least 22 people are known to have died from hot-spring injuries in or near Yellowstone since 1890.

Terrible way to go. Hope he died instantly. His sister was nearby when he fell.

 

[jiggle]

 

[Always-honest]

jesus... some people. What a horrible way to die.

 

[GhaleonEB]

The barriers and paths are there partly to protect the people from the park, and partly to protect the park from the people. Every time one of these dipshits wanders off like that, they destroy formations that took ages to form. Selfish, dangerous and amazingly stupid.

Depressing stuff.

 

[CrashPrime]

225 yards off the boardwalk.

C'mon man.

 

[evil solrac v3.0]

They obviously need to build a better barrier. What are they thinking having such a flimsy and short fence to stop accidents like this from happening?

Gotta be careful of acidic gorillas.

It was rejected by its mother for smelling like tourists if I recall correctly.

Contact with humans can make it to where the other bison won't accept it into their herd or whatever, and so it was alone and trying to approach people on roads. They said it was a safety concern.

That's not it. The calf was already rejected, the calf was euthanized because bison once rejected are basically done for. Other females do not care for bison that are not their own and baby calf wouldn't survive on their own. The two dummies were denying a meal to a wolf or bEar or coyote basically.

 

[Ivan 3414]

They should leave the guy's boiled body there floating as a warning for would-be idiots, like they used to put pirates up in the cage. Gibbet, I think it was called?

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Looking at the picture of the boardwalk

Why does it stop having railings about 10 meters in?

 

[bjork]

"hey bill, I'ma jump this here fence"

"gosh cody, lookit that fella floatin'! You best not less'n you wanna end up like him"

 

[AlStrong]

Oof.

Can't imagine what the family is going through too.

 

[Toxi]

Ouch, that's one of the worst ways to go.

 

[Hellwarden]

Geez.

What he did was dumb, but goddamn. RIP.

 

[Daingurse]

Gaaah, that is a horrific way to die. Literally cringing thinking about it . . .

 

[reKon]

Only 200 degrees?

 

[Veldin]

He went to the wrong Park Place.

 

[peaceiscloser]

They couldn't even recover his body for his family. That's horrific.

 

[Hale-XF11]

This has been one of my worst nightmares for nearly the past 30+ years since I was a little kid and first visited Yellowstone with my family.

Walking along those wooden planks without any railings whatsoever was/is terrifying to me. Just one or two wrong steps in either direction and you're gone. I haven't been back to the park since and I have no desire to go back.

 

[titiklabingapat]

Wait, what happened to my post?

 

[MANUELF]

That's not it. The calf was already rejected, the calf was euthanized because bison once rejected are basically done for. Other females do not care for bison that are not their own and baby calf wouldn't survive on their own. The two dummies were denying a meal to a wolf or bEar or coyote basically.

Wouldnt it have been better to send it to a zoo?

 

[PodcastFips]

Looking at the picture of the boardwalk

Why does it stop having railings about 10 meters in?

Natural Selection.

 

[bjork]

That's not it. The calf was already rejected, the calf was euthanized because bison once rejected are basically done for. Other females do not care for bison that are not their own and baby calf wouldn't survive on their own. The two dummies were denying a meal to a wolf or bEar or coyote basically.

Oh, okay. I wonder why it was rejected in the first place? Is that just some natural thing that happens?

 

[WaterAstro]

Did they actually catch footage of those youtubers death? Pretty stupid.

Next thing we know, Yellowstone will finally had enough and destroy half of North America.

 

[Giolon]

Only 200 degrees?

...That's just shy of the boiling point of water at sea level (212F)....That's some pretty hot water. Not to mention they said it was acidic.

 

[Toxi]

...That's just shy of the boiling point of water at sea level (212F)....That's some pretty hot water. Not to mention they said it was acidic.

This poor guy's death is gonna haunt my nightmares.

 

[EASTC0AST_GH05T]

Damn that's a tough way to go out, can't believe he made it that far out away from the plank before falling.

 

[Kuroyume]

He was with his sister when he disappeared. Pretty fucked up. And apparently there are no remains to recover.

Daredevils are the fucking worst. Just stop being an asshole. If you want attention get it some other way.

 

[Rudimental]

Only 200 degrees?

Celsius. That's oven-roasting temperature.

edit: well maybe not, seems that is the temperature of the geysers themselves.

 

[Fusebox]

Darwin Award? Can't imagine any of us going off track in that area.

 

[Volimar]

Damn right in front of his sister. That girl is going to need therapy.

 

[CTLance]

Yikes. Nightmarish way to die, but the fella was pushing his luck.

That said, the family couldn't even recover a body to bury. That's tough. Can't even make a memorial at the site since it's in a park, and way off the path. That's just all kinds of sad.

 

[EASTC0AST_GH05T]

Can't watch the videos in the link about how far is the drop to the water?

 

[Aztechnology]

Has the family commented yet?

No doubt they are going to blame the park and ask for added security/fencing or something.

 

[Kinyou]

That must be a horrible way to go

 

[ericexpo]

I guess their going to have to build some sort of full enclosure you have to walk through now. That wood Boardwalk isn't stopping these idiots

 

[jabuseika]

Dumb people being dumb.

When I used to live close to Zion Utah, there was news of people getting injured doing dumb stuff all the time.

People can be dumb, but specially when they're in groups.

 

[orochi91]

That poor sister!

She'll probably be emotionally scarred for the rest of her life; witnessing the moment your sibling died horribly.

D:

 

[G_Berry]

Natural selection.