To be more precise, there have been hundreds of cases. I have a book that is just about these hazards of Yellowstone. The book starts with a story about two guys who were traveling cross country with one of their dogs and stopped to take a break. Well, they didn't have a leash for the dog, so they open the windows a bit and left the dog in the car. After a short time walking the boardwalks, they heard a yelp and saw that the dog had gotten out of the car and made a beeline towards them across a small pool of hotspring water. One of the men ran to the edge of the pool and started to remove his shoes, all the while people were telling and trying to get him to stop. Needless to say he did the stupid thing and dived in to rescue the dog. He grabbed hold of it and started to move back to the shore, but he the pain became too much and he drop its dead corpse before attempting to get to the edge. He got to within arms reach and his friend (who ended up with scalded feet) and other pulled him out. His eyes were white and much of his exposed skin was sloofing off. They said his clothes were in essence keeping him intact. The park employees wrapped him in gauze with lots of saline and called for a medicopter to take him to a burn center. He lived for about 2 more days. The dog was never retrieved, but eventually dissolved after a few weeks. Believe me, I only got to about the middle of the fourth chapter, before I had to stop reading because the two stories related (mine and the topic poster) are tame compared to some horrors that have happened.

I'm with you mminnick! Darwin Award! I also have the book mentioned below, and I think we need to take down all the railings in Yellowstone. If the ignorant and arrogant want to die there, it is a beautiful place to go. As the "I & A" bodies pile up the illiterate might even get the idea :-))

Indeed, this is a contender for the Annual Award for Best Effort on an Amateurs Part.

Make America great again...send a libtard to Yellowstone Park.

global warming that began thousands of years ago, long before industrialization.

They probably arrested the sister, searched her phone and confiscated the video as evidence. A reason to use a streaming apps to capture videos to a secure location and to password lock your phone. That way you always have a copy if an overzealous officer decides they have the right to steal or erase it.

Wait until the screaming starts for a "safe space" in Yellowstone. I could got for a clear plastic cube with a picnic table, and then have them in there with lunch baskets and let Yogi Bear in every hour, just for fun...that's safe...isn't it?

Uh, I would disagree that dissolution was on his agenda, I believe he wanted to Hot Dip. I guess he did get his wish, it was a pretty "hot dip"....

Probably a hazard at any heated springs site, since sulfur dioxide is a component found at most volcanic sites and they are mutually connected. Would have learned that in a science class if they both had one and paid attention.