A 23-year old Oregon man named Colin Nathaniel Scott went to Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming with his sister to find a place to "hot pot."
According to park officials, Colin and his sister went to an unauthorized area near the Norris Geyser Basin. Colin had reached down to check the temperature of a spring when he slipped and fell into the hot spring. Colin's sister ran to get help after she was unable to pull him out.
That day, a rescue crew came to the hot spring and saw Colin's body inside the pool, but couldn't retrieve it because of the growing darkness and a lighting storm in the area. When the rescuers came back the next day, no remains were found beneath the spring's acidic water, but they did locate his wallet and shoes.
The water of the spring where Scott fell was measured at pH 5 (mildly acidic), and the temperature was recorded at over 212 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the 60-page report.
"Evidence suggests that the extreme heat and the acidity of the water quickly dissolved his body in the hot spring."
The death was recorded as accidental, with the cause of death "scalding due to submersion in thermal hot spring."
Deputy Chief Ranger Lorant Veress stressed the importance for park visitors to obey all warning signs.
Source: TomoNews
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