Yellowstone rangers unable to find man's body in hot spring

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Ulysees E. McGill said:
The original news story I read said that they were 250 ft, then I saw all the others reporting 250 yes. It's amazing they made it that far. My wife was freaking out when we walked the Norris basin because the ground was bubbling and steaming so much under and all around the boardwalks. She asked me if there was a chance a new geyser could just explode out of the ground like Excelsior Geyser. I told her, Honey we are walking in the crater of probably the largest super volcano on Earth, and it is alive and well, so yeah anything could happen. :)
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Gosh I hate autocorrect..that was 250 yards not 250 yes.
 
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You can read on Snopes about the guy in 1981 who tried to rescue his friend's dog. The dog got away from them and jumped into it, and he went to go save it. People pleaded with him not go in because there was nothing he could do for the dog but he did anyway. When they pulled him out, his last words were something like "That was stupid.".
 
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VolsSportsFan said:
You can read on Snopes about the guy in 1981 who tried to rescue his friend's dog. The dog got away from them and jumped into it, and he went to go save it. People pleaded with him not go in because there was nothing he could do for the dog but he did anyway. When they pulled him out, his last words were something like "That was stupid.".
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From Snopes:

Kirwan and Ratliff rushed over to the pool to aid the terrified dog, and Kirwan's attitude indicated he was about to go into the spring after it. According to bystanders, several people tried to warn Kirwan off by yelling at him not to jump in, but he shouted "Like hell I won't!" back at them, took two steps into the pool, and then dove head-first into the boiling spring.

Kirwan swam out to the dog and attempted to take it to shore; he then disappeared underwater, let go of the dog, and tried to climb out of the pool. Ratliff helped pull Kirwan out of the hot spring (resulting in second-degree burns to his own feet), and another visitor led Kirwan to the sidewalk as he reportedly muttered, "That was stupid. How bad am I? That was a stupid thing I did."

Kirwan was indeed in very bad shape. He was blind, and when another park visitor tried to remove one of his shoes, his skin (which was already peeling everywhere) came off with it. He sustained third-degree burns to 100% of his body, including his head, and died the following morning at a Salt Lake City hospital. (Moosie did not survive, either.)

Absolutely brutal.
 
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I think people forget or don't realize that there is a super volcano underneath Yellowstone.

Here is another account of a young woman and her two friends who decided to go for a late night stroll and a "swim" in the park.


One moonless August night, 20-year-old Sara Hulphers, a park concession employee from Oroville, Washington, went swimming with friends in the Firehole River. Accompanied by two co-workers for Old Faithful businesses, Hulphers returned by hiking through Lower Geyser Basin. They carried no flashlights, and the three thought they were jumping a small stream when they fell into Cavern Spring’s ten-foot-deep boiling waters. Hulphers went completely underwater and died several hours later from third-degree burns that covered her entire body. Her companions survived, but the two men spent months in a Salt Lake City hospital recovering from severe burns over most of their bodies.
 
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Coug said:
I think people forget or don't realize that there is a super volcano underneath Yellowstone.

Here is another account of a young woman and her two friends who decided to go for a late night stroll and a "swim" in the park.


One moonless August night, 20-year-old Sara Hulphers, a park concession employee from Oroville, Washington, went swimming with friends in the Firehole River. Accompanied by two co-workers for Old Faithful businesses, Hulphers returned by hiking through Lower Geyser Basin. They carried no flashlights, and the three thought they were jumping a small stream when they fell into Cavern Spring’s ten-foot-deep boiling waters. Hulphers went completely underwater and died several hours later from third-degree burns that covered her entire body. Her companions survived, but the two men spent months in a Salt Lake City hospital recovering from severe burns over most of their bodies.
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Wow..that is really stupid for two reasons. Obviously walking off path through the Lower geyser basin at night without a flashlight, second they were fortunate a Grizzly didn't maul them first. The sheer stupidity of people is beyond comprehension. Yellowstone is a safe and otherworldly beautiful experience if you respect it. I hope people reading all this stuff don't develop some kind of irrational fear of going there.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
Wow..that is really stupid for two reasons. Obviously walking off path through the Lower geyser basin at night without a flashlight, second they were fortunate a Grizzly didn't maul them first. The sheer stupidity of people is beyond comprehension. Yellowstone is a safe and otherworldly beautiful experience if you respect it. I hope people reading all this stuff don't develop some kind of irrational fear of going there.
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Exactly. It's a absolutely beautiful awe inspiring place that changes every time you go there. And honestly to really experience Yellowstone, you need to visit it at different times of the year. Spring and fall are my favorites. Unfortunately I've never been able to experience the winter Yellowstone.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
Wow..that is really stupid for two reasons. Obviously walking off path through the Lower geyser basin at night without a flashlight, second they were fortunate a Grizzly didn't maul them first. The sheer stupidity of people is beyond comprehension. Yellowstone is a safe and otherworldly beautiful experience if you respect it. I hope people reading all this stuff don't develop some kind of irrational fear of going there.
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People have been stupid since the beginning of time. That's why there's warning labels. That's why we get a safety brief every weekend.
 
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jhamilton1208 said:
Exactly. It's a absolutely beautiful awe inspiring place that changes every time you go there. And honestly to really experience Yellowstone, you need to visit it at different times of the year. Spring and fall are my favorites. Unfortunately I've never been able to experience the winter Yellowstone.
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We did a early June trip in 11. You know..summer everywhere else, early mid spring in Yellowstone. We are doing June again next year. I love it then because of all the animals have just given birth and there are little ones of all species running around. Plus the mountains are still covered in snow. But after this I would love to do a fall trip with just my wife in a few years.
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
Wow..that is really stupid for two reasons. Obviously walking off path through the Lower geyser basin at night without a flashlight, second they were fortunate a Grizzly didn't maul them first. The sheer stupidity of people is beyond comprehension. Yellowstone is a safe and otherworldly beautiful experience if you respect it. I hope people reading all this stuff don't develop some kind of irrational fear of going there.
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After reading this I really don't want to visit the park
 
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Ulysees E. McGill said:
We did a early June trip in 11. You know..summer everywhere else, early mid spring in Yellowstone. We are doing June again next year. I love it then because of all the animals have just given birth and there are little ones of all species running around. Plus the mountains are still covered in snow. But after this I would love to do a fall trip with just my wife in a few years.
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Completely different, but awesome nonetheless. Elk are herded up, bugling season - you're not allowed to call them, lol. They even look different. They don't have the thick hair patches where they're shedding their winter coat. We seen a pack of wolves take down an elk while we were there. I wish I could remember the name of the place, but this was 2001 - 2002 era when I lived up there. It was one of the basins where everyone gathers on the road with binoculars, huge zoom lenses on cameras, and spotting scopes, and watches the animals off in the distance as in a couple of miles if I remember correctly. There's not as much water, so the geysers and boiling mud are different, and the scenery is more of a brown instead of green. At least it was for us. I hope you get a chance to go. As well as us getting to go back.
 
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