Story out of Yellowstone, Oregon:
Details have emerged about the Portland man who died in a Yellowstone hot spring in June, who was allegedly looking to "hot pot" in the park.
Colin Nathaniel Scott, a 23-year-old Portland resident, and his sister walked about 225 yards off the boardwalk near Pork Chop Geyser at the Norris Geyser Basin, looking for a place to "hot pot" or soak in an extremely hot natural spring.
While Scott was bending over to check the temperature of a spring, according to the report, he slipped and fell in, succumbing quickly to the boiling acidic water.
Scott's sister recorded the accident on her cell phone, officials wrote in the report, but the park has refused to release that video to the public.
Scott was not the first, and won't likely be the last victim of Yellowstone's gorgeous but dangerous geothermal features. The hot springs have claimed 22 lives since 1890, according to the park, far more than have been killed by grizzly bears or lightning strikes. Cont.
Story from - Oregon Live
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