Video Man dies after falling into an acidic hot spring in Yellowstone National Park

10/06/2016 News...

Man dies after falling into an acidic hot spring in Yellowstone National Park.

Pictured: Yellowstone visitor, 23, who died after wandering off designated trail and falling into acidic hot spring that dissolved his entire body.

Colin Nathaniel Scott, 23, died on Tuesday after tripping and falling into a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park in Montana
The Portland, Oregon man died after wandering off the designated trail with his sister Sable
On Wednesday, recovery efforts were called off with authorities saying there were no remains due to the acidic nature of the spring
A previous survey of the hot spring clocked in temperatures exceeding 400 degrees
Scott recently graduated summa cum laude from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon
He was planning to begin a doctorate program in psychology in the fall...

The death occurred in one of the hottest and most volatile areas of Yellowstone, where boiling water flows just beneath a thin rock crust.
Previous geological surveys have found the water below the surface to be over 400 degrees in temperature.
It follows high-profile incidents at the rugged park in which tourists got too close to wildlife or went off designated pathways onto unique landmarks, sometimes leading to injuries.
'It's sort of dumb, if I could be so blunt, to walk off the boardwalks not knowing what you're doing,' said Kenneth Sims, a University of Wyoming geology professor and member of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory.
'They're scofflaws essentially, who look around and then head off the boardwalk,' he added. Sims said he was speaking generally and had no direct knowledge of the circumstances of Scott's death.
Scott previously worked as a volunteer at the Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve in Oregon, said Mary Loftin, a manager at the Hillsboro, Oregon, parks and recreation department.
Scott worked there for about 20 months fielding questions from visitors, and his stint ended last year, she said.
'A very nice young man; a bright spirit,' Loftin said.
Scott recently graduated summa cum laude from Pacific University and was planning to begin a doctorate in psychology in the fall, according to Jackson Hole Daily.

The basin is a popular attraction in the nation's first national park, which received a record 4.1 million visitors last year. Water temperatures there can reach 199 degrees, the boiling point for water at the park's high elevation.
At least 22 people are known to have died from hot spring-related injuries in and around Yellowstone since 1890, park officials said.
Most of the deaths have been accidents, although at least two people had been trying to swim in a hot spring, park historian Lee Whittlesey, author of the book 'Death in Yellowstone.'

The crust that makes up the ground in parts of Yellowstone is formed when minerals underground are dissolved by the high-temperature water, then redeposited on or near the surface.
That crust can be as 'thin as a skiff of ice' Reid said.
Other recent tourist incidents at Yellowstone include a 13-year-old boy who got burned Saturday when his father, who had been carrying him, slipped into a different hot spring.

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