A man died horribly in Yellowstone Park after taking a dip in one of the park’s famous hot springs.
Colin Scott’s death was tragically captured by his sister on her smart phone, unaware she was filming her brother’s final moments.
The national park is home to fearsome animals and a’supervolcano’, which has the potential to destroy humanity.
According to reports, the hot springs have killed more people than animal attacks in the park, including bears, wolves, and mountain lions. The 2.2 million-acre park is home to 200 species of animals, many of which can kill or injure humans.
The park, which sits on an enormous magma body and hotspot plume beneath Yellowstone Caldera, also known as the supervolcano, causes the park’s geysers and springs to be extremely hot, acidic, and dangerous.
Colin Scott is one of the victims of the horrifying hot springs. Colin, 23, died in 2016 after slipping and falling into a hot spring near the Porkchop Geyser, as reported by The Daily Star.
The man was first boiled alive, but shockingly, the acidic water dissolved his body before he could be saved.
Official police reports obtained after Colin’s death revealed that he and his sister, Sable, had hiked into a prohibited area in search of an illegal swim, also known as ‘hot potting’.
It is a highly dangerous act that resulted in Scott’s death. Despite numerous large warning signs in the area informing visitors to stay on the broad walk, the pair disregarded the advice, to their detriment.
When Colin slipped and fell into the blue water, Sable captured footage of the two of them purposefully stepping off the Norris Geyser Basin’s boardwalk in search of an idyllic pool to relax in.
The report included the following information: “The smartphone recorded the moment he slipped and fell into the pool and her efforts to rescue him.” Sable’s videos have never been released, but they are kept on file by police.
Unfortunately, there was no phone signal, so she had to run to a nearby museum to sound the alarm.
However, when she returned with several park rangers, it was too late: parts of Colin’s head, upper body, and hands were still visible in the hot springs.
The police document continued: “Due to the report of the individual not previously visible, a lack of movement, suspected extreme temperatures, and indications of several thermal burns, the subject was determined to be deceased.”
In a separate report, US park ranger Phil Strehle stated that a V-neck T-shirt and “what appeared to be a cross was visible and resting on the subject’s face” were visible.
Due to the difficult circumstances, rescuers were unable to safely recover the man’s body. The “volatile” thermal heat was problematic, and there was also the threat of an incoming lightning storm, so rescue efforts were halted.
When the group returned the next day to assist further, Colin’s body was no longer visible.
The report confirmed the police’s belief that the body had dissolved overnight, with only Colin’s wallet and flip-flops found at the scene.
Water temperatures in the basin typically reach 93C, but when rescuers arrived to retrieve Colin’s body, the pool was bubbling at 100C – boiling point.
Additional remarks regarding the report included the following: “The consensus among the rescue/recovery team … was that the extreme heat of the hot spring, coupled with its acidic nature, dissolved the remains.”
