In 2016, an Oregon man essentially dissolved inside a hot spring after he accidentally fell into it

I've been to Yellowstone. Those springs are clearly marked as dangerous and there are safety rails. He had to have ignored all that to get that precious selfie. It's a Darwin award.

What a horrible way to die! Poor guy just wanted to soak in a hot spring while on a trip to visit his sister. He had just graduated college. Such a sad tragedy. In 2016, Colin Scott and his sister were travelling through a prohibited area of Yellowstone National Park when Colin accidentally fell into a hot spring. Unfortunately, this particular spring had registered temperatures of 212 degrees Fahrenheit & high levels of acidity. An effort to retrieve his remains was called off because there was nothing to recover.

"After five minutes, the heat would have caused him to go into shock." It had to feel longer than that.

🚨Contex🚨 The tragic event occurred in Yellowstone National Park in June 2016. An Oregon man named Colin Nathaniel Scott, who was 23 years old at the time, died after falling into a boiling, acidic hot spring in the Norris Geyser Basin area of the park. Scott had ventured off the designated boardwalk with his sister, looking for a place to soak in the thermal waters, a practice known as "hot potting," which is illegal in Yellowstone due to the extreme danger posed by the park's geothermal features. While attempting to check the temperature of a hot spring, Scott slipped and fell into the scalding water. Search and rescue teams were unable to recover his body immediately due to the hazardous conditions in the area. By the time they could return, the high acidity and temperature of the spring had dissolved most of his remains. This incident serves as a sobering reminder of the dangers of Yellowstone’s geothermal features and the importance of following park guidelines to ensure safety.

Mount Hood in Oregon 😲😲😲

A girl lost her earring while returning from a concert then all of a sudden these kind people gathered to search for it... Kind people still exist.

"The water was still too hot to reach him". Were they waiting for the hot spring to cool down first? Might take a tenth of million years, if at all.

The world is s cruel place 😭

"The newborn bird refused to leave The shell he’d stayed since morn He felt so safe and warm inside He feared the world beyond But as he walked with shell on back He felt a sense of pride For though he was not yet grown He had a place to hide He walked and walked, his shell in tow And soon he found a tree He climbed up high and looked around At all that he could see The world was big and beautiful And full of wondrous things He knew that he would leave his shell And spread his wings and sing So though he walked with shell on back He knew that he would fly And soar up high above the trees Into the endless sky." ~ Earth Unreal Image credit: Don't Blink Eyes

Humanity is excellent. And they are the heroes of humanity