re: Man tries to bath in Yellowstone hot spring and melts to death

Nature, you a muthafricka.

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There was an incident once where a man's dog jumped out of his vehicle and into one of the pools and began yelping... He went in after the animal and both he and the dog died from 4th degree burns.

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The actual story is that the dog jumped in the geyser and the man tried to rescue him. He only received 3rd degree burns on lower legs. The dog's body was shot out of the geyser when it erupted several days later. The man died from his burns.

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Playing God in Yellowstone: The Destruction of Yellowstone by Alton Chase
This is a very good book if you want to know the workings of the oldest national park.