Human Foot Found in Yellowstone Hot Spring

Was it cooked?

What was playing on the ill-fated hiker’s Spotify?

A step too far.

Footloose, R2.

forgot to link:

Kenny Loggins

If you’re not gonna eat that . . .

He had a nice foot, but he couldn't live forever.

Is it Bigfoot?

So that's where I left it!

It probably boiled off the body....just like how a piece of meat falls apart the longer you cook it...

Video or it didn't happen

Boiled alive?

Its not the first time some moron died falling into one of those hot springs in Yellowstone.

Pair with headless fetus. They can go in search of companion body parts. Or start a circus.

Where is Headless Fetus today? He was posting frequently in the past few days, and I heartily approved. I hope he comes back. He and Darfur Orphan can bond over their mutual misfortunes.

[quote] On Aug. 16, a park employee found the foot, still encased in a shoe, in Abyss Pool, one of the deepest hot springs in Yellowstone. In a statement today (Aug. 19), authorities said that the foot is linked to an incident involving a single individual on the morning of July 31 and that they do not suspect foul play. They did not elaborate on why they do not suspect foul play, nor did they identify the person who died. An investigation is ongoing.

[quote] Abyss Pool is situated in the West Thumb Geyser Basin near Yellowstone Lake. It's up to 53 feet (16 meters) deep and is about 140 F (60 C), according to the National Park Service. It is not clear whether the person in the spring became incapacitated by the heat of the water or died in some other way. It is not surprising, however, that it was a foot inside a shoe that revealed the occurrence of a death. Bodies left in water over time naturally decompose, and it's common for feet to detach as the soft tissues of the feet and ankles deteriorate. Most modern shoes are buoyant, so they'll float once set free. This phenomenon was deemed responsible for the discovery of 21 human feet that have washed ashore since 2007 in the Pacific Northwest.

Sounds like someone accidentally fell into this pool on July 31, and his foot was found floating in the pool 16 days later. Wonder how the park was able to connect the foot with this incident? I want more details!

The temperature in this pool is 140 degrees and it’s 53 feet deep. Did the person drown or was it hot enough to kill him by scalding (like the guy who fell into another hot spring in 2016? That one was hotter, like over 200 degrees. It was literally boiling.) My morbid curiosity is piqued.

I googled it- 140 degree water will give you a second-degree burn in 3 seconds and a third-degree burn in 5 seconds. Terrible way to go.

Many of the springs in Yellowstone are much hotter than that, in fact boiling.

Yellowstone is definitely not a park where you want to go bushwhacking off trail.

In fact you're not allowed to step off the boardwalk.

Hoe much?

Amy Roloff was at the park in July, I wouldn't be surprised if she raged at an autograph seeker.

They knew someone died in the park on July 31st and it didn't make the news? That's odd.

Someone died in 2018 when they accidentally fell into a hot springs.

R24 People die in national parks every day. It’s not national news-worthy. National parks are also popular spots to commit suicide. And there are lots of cimes committed in national parks- murders, assaults, drug smuggling etc. There are nps websites where you can read the reports of all the incidents.

R21, and some tourists still do! They don't really realize that by going off trail they could fall into a pool of hot scalding water or a bubbling mud pot before they even realize it.

R25 That was in 2016. The guy ignored all the signs saying DANGER Do NOT go off the boardwalks and took off off the trail looking for a spring to soak in.

[quote] Last June, 23-year-old Colin Scott and his sister were walking along a boardwalk in Yellowstone National Park’s Norris Geyser Basin, an area that houses its hottest and oldest thermal, acidic springs. They were looking for a place to “hot pot,” or to soak in the park’s superheated thermal springs. People say the soaks feel awesome and reduce stress—like an all-natural hot tub. There’s also a long list of unproven health benefits.

[quote] But despite signs warning visitors to stay away, Scott went to the water and dipped his toes in to check the temperature, according to KURL News. Then, he slipped and fell in, resulting in his death, according to the official report just released by the National Park Service. He died from scalding due to submersion in the hot spring.

^^Despite the pool obviously BOILING. And to make it even worse, he was wearing flip-flops.

[quote] The water Scott fell into measured over 212 degrees Fahrenheit—the boiling point for water. That was enough to cause lethal burns, but the acidity of Yellowstone’s springs also played a role. The water measured a pH of 5, which is enough to cause chemical burns if you make contact with it. It was so acidic that it dissolved Scott’s body completely after he fell in.

The park’s report goes into more detail. His sister was with him and saw (and filmed) the whole thing. His body was seen floating face-up in the water that afternoon with obvious burns but park personnel were unable to retrieve it. The next day it was gone, dissolved by the acid.

Here’s a pic of the pool with his flip-flop next to it.

Close-up of the flip-flop. There are other pics with blacked-out areas, I’m assuming of his body in the pool.

The pool was 10 feet deep and boiling hot. He would have gone in feet first. Wonder how long he remained conscious?

R28, what a way to go. Yikes.

Pushed by a bison?

Doin' the Hokey-Pokey!

Cinder-ella.

Who will foot the funeral bills?

I long ago lost sympathy for these knuckleheads that die doing stupid shit like this. Im hoping the immense pain knocked him out instantly.The thought of him being alive for a few minutes horrifies me .

You dont die instantly from boiling to death...even if you go into shock...its a long and very painful death, and youre most likely conscious until the end as your body cooks

Were there dogs barking or the smell of biscuits burning nearby?

Human broth soup.

He'll just be a footnote.

She really put her foot in it that time.

You guys are the worst, lol.

Plans are afoot for the burial.

Get Dr. Frankenstein. He's good at making dead bodies walk heel to toe.

I grew up in a city with heaps of geothermal activity and there is a park there which has random boiling mud pools and huge open holes of boiling water and steam. On a recent visit home I noticed they have put fences up but as kid there were just a few rocks dumped around some of the worst holes. I remember there being a retirement home just down the road and occasionally an oldie would escape and fall into one of the holes. Everyone treated it like some kind of normal event. I didn't really realise what a horrific thing it was until I was talking about it recently with a visitor from overseas.

Every now and then somebody will go missing in that city and will be found in a pit that just opened up out of nowhere.

And just like that I was head over heels.

Everybody Cut, Everybody Cut - My Foot's Loose!

Who will foot the bill for his funeral?

Maybe you need to travel to all the national parks to gather all the pieces to build a full man, it’s just some brilliant marketing campaign.