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The Most STUPID Yellowstone Deaths Ever Recorded
Okay, listen. This story is… it's the worst thing I've ever read about Yellowstone. When I read this, I had to stop for a second.
June 7, 2016. Colin Nathaniel Scott, 23 years old. Recent Pacific University graduate, psychology degree, top student in his program. He'd just been accepted into a PhD program at Portland State University. He worked at Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve. Smart guy. Whole future ahead of him.
Timestamps:
0:00 Why Colin? Why?
3:00 The Ground That Wasn't Ground
7:03 "Like Hell I Won't!"
10:37 Charlie was COOKED
Rest in peace to the victims.
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The Most STUPID Yellowstone Deaths Ever Recorded
Okay, listen. This story is… it's the worst thing I've ever read about Yellowstone. When I read this, I had to stop for a second.
June 7, 2016. Colin Nathaniel Scott, 23 years old. Recent Pacific University graduate, psychology degree, top student in his program. He'd just been accepted into a PhD program at Portland State University. He worked at Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve. Smart guy. Whole future ahead of him.
Timestamps:
0:00 Why Colin? Why?
3:00 The Ground That Wasn't Ground
7:03 "Like Hell I Won't!"
10:37 Charlie was COOKED
Rest in peace to the victims.
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00:01why Colin why okay listen this story is it's the most fucked up thing I've ever read about
00:11Yellowstone when I read this I had to stop for a second June 7th 2016 Colin Nathaniel Scott 23
00:21years old recent Pacific University graduate psychology degree top student in his program
00:27he'd just been accepted into a PhD program at Portland State University he worked at Jackson
00:32Bottom Wetlands Preserve smart guy whole future ahead of him he goes to Yellowstone with his sister
00:38Sable and they have a plan hot potting that's the illegal activity of bathing in Yellowstone's
00:44thermal pools it's prohibited because the pools are deadly they park near Norris Geyser Basin one
00:51of the hottest most acidic spots in the entire park water there is literally 199 to 212 degrees
00:59Fahrenheit the pH is highly acidic similar to battery acid it contains sulfuric acid and other corrosive
01:06chemicals and they walk 225 feet off the designated boardwalk into a restricted area Sable pulls out
01:14her phone and starts filming as they search for the perfect hot spring they find a colorful thermal
01:20pool Colin kneels down at the edge he reaches out his hand to check the water temperature and then
01:26yeah that's when it goes wrong he slips Colin falls headfirst into the boiling acidic pool Sable
01:34screams and tries to help but she can't reach him no cell phone service she has to run to the
01:39nearest
01:40ranger station to get help leaves her brother in that pool Rangers arrive several hours later they can
01:46see Colin's remains in the pool his head his upper torso his hands are visible the water is 212 degrees
01:54Fahrenheit boiling point but an incoming lightning storm prevents immediate recovery Rangers have to
02:00leave the body overnight the next morning they return to recover Colin's body the body is completely
02:06gone the extreme heat and acidity had dissolved his entire body overnight flesh bones organs bro everything
02:16the combination of boiling temperature sulfuric acid and other corrosive chemicals plus 12 plus hours of
02:23exposure completely dissolved a 23 year old man's body to nothing the only items remaining were his
02:30wallet and his flip-flops there was nothing left to bury nothing to bring home to his family Sable Scott
02:37filmed the entire incident she watched her brother fall in she ran for help she had to tell Rangers her
02:44brother was gone she had to go home and tell her parents there was no body to bury only personal
02:49belongings and the irony Colin was checking the water temperature before getting in he wanted to make
02:56sure it was safe but he never got the chance the ground that wasn't ground August 2000 lower geyser basin
03:08Yellowstone Sarah Holfers 20 years old from Oroville Washington she works at the Old Faithful Inn employee
03:16dining room she's there with two friends Tyler Montague 18 works at the Old Faithful Lodge kitchen
03:23Lance Bucci 18 works in housekeeping at the inn all three are part concession employees they live and work in
03:31Yellowstone late at night between 10 and 11 p.m. the three of them go for a swim in the
03:38Firehole River it's a
03:39popular spot for employees the water is warm because it's heated by thermal features upstream after the
03:46swim they're walking back through the lower geyser basin and to give you an idea it's dark the sun has
03:52set
03:53the moon hasn't risen yet they're navigating the geyser basin in complete darkness they come to a small
04:00stream they try to cross it in the dark they misjudge the width the depth they step onto what they
04:07think
04:08is solid ground on the other side but Yellowstone's thermal areas have a hidden danger thin crusts over
04:16time mineral deposits from hot springs create crusts on the surface that look like solid ground they're
04:22covered in dirt grass even small plants but underneath boiling water the ground they stepped on isn't
04:30solid the crust breaks and all three of them fall through into cavern spring a thermal pool 10 feet
04:39deep 178 degrees Fahrenheit their friends here screaming in the dark they run toward the sound they
04:47find Sarah Tyler and Lance in the boiling pool screaming in agony they pull them out Sarah has
04:55third-degree burns over 100 percent of her body Tyler has second and third-degree burns over 97 percent of
05:03his body Lance has third-degree burns over 90 percent of his body their friends help Sarah while others
05:10literally walk Tyler and Lance a quarter mile back to their cars think about that these two guys with burns
05:18covering almost their entire bodies walked a quarter of a mile Park spokeswoman Cheryl Matthews said it's pretty
05:27remarkable that they walked these two young men out which took some time because they were pretty hurt
05:33pretty hurt that's an understatement all three are rushed to the University of Utah's Intermountain
05:40Burn Center in Salt Lake City Sarah died about 15 hours after the accident cause of death complications
05:48from very severe burns Tyler and Lance survived but they were in critical condition with burns covering 97
05:56percent and 90 percent of their bodies respectively park rangers investigated they spoke with the other
06:03employees who were there they determined alcohol likely was not a factor these weren't drunk kids
06:09doing something stupid they were just trying to walk back from a swim in the dark and they stepped on
06:16ground that looked solid the lower geyser basin has a half mile boardwalk specifically because the terrain
06:23is so treacherous Yellowstone's hot springs are surrounded by thin fragile crusts and warning
06:30signs are posted everywhere but at night in the dark you can't see the signs you can't see the steam
06:36and
06:37you can't see the danger one visitor Carla Wilson from Denver said the next day I would not venture off
06:44this boardwalk you couldn't pay me enough to set foot off this Sarah was 20 years old she worked in
06:51the employee dining room at Old Faithful Inn she went for a swim with friends and she died because
06:57the ground beneath her feet wasn't ground at all like hell I won't July 20th 1981 fountain paint pot thermal
07:11area 1 p.m. David Alan Kerwin 24 years old from La Cañada California he's visiting Yellowstone with his
07:19friend Ronald Ratliff and Ratliff's dog Moosey a small terrier type dog Ratliff lets Moosey out of the
07:26truck they stop at fountain paint pot to see the geothermal features the dog immediately runs towards
07:33Celestine pool a boiling hot spring and jumps in Moosey starts yelping and screaming in agony the dog is
07:41being boiled alive multiple bystanders start screaming at David don't go in it's boiling you'll die the dog
07:51is already dead David Kerwin looks at the screaming bystanders and he says like hell I won't and he
08:00dives head first into Celestine pool the pool is 200 degrees Fahrenheit 93 degrees Celsius just below
08:09boiling scalding hot acidic David swims approximately 20 feet 6 meters to reach Moosey he grabs the dog
08:18which is already dead killed instantly by the boiling water he swims back to the edge still
08:24holding the dead dog bystanders pull David out of the pool when they grab his arms to pull him out
08:30his skin comes off in their hands like a wet glove David had been in 200 degrees Fahrenheit water
08:37for approximately 30 to 45 seconds that's long enough to cook meat think about that his skin was
08:45peeling off in sheets his entire body was covered in third degree burns 100 of his body surface area
08:53skin destroyed muscle tissue exposed nerve endings destroyed his eyes were completely white the corneas had
09:02been boiled he was permanently blind but David was conscious and talking he asked did I get Moosey
09:11when told his shoes had come off in the pool he said my shoes that's not good he had no
09:17idea he was
09:18dying the nerve damage was so severe he couldn't feel the burns David was rushed to a hospital in Salt
09:25Lake City
09:25medical examination revealed 100% third degree burns complete destruction of skin permanent
09:33blindness from boiled corneas internal damage from inhaling scalding steam lungs scalded throat burned airways
09:41damaged massive shock organ failure beginning David died the next morning July 21st 1981 approximately 18
09:5115 hours after jumping into the pool cause of death massive third degree burns over 100% of body multi
09:59-organ
10:00failure shock and respiratory failure from scalded lungs Moosey the dog died the second he hit the
10:07water instantly David swam through boiling acid to grab a corpse Ronald had to watch his dog jump into boiling
10:15water then watch his best friend dive in after it then watch strangers pull his friend out with his skin
10:21coming off in their hands he lived with that for the rest of his life multiple witnesses watched the entire
10:28incident and many suffered psychological trauma from witnessing the incident
10:33David's last words before jumping like hell I won't
10:39Charlie was cooked July 22nd 1981 yeah you heard that right two days after David died
10:49let me introduce you to Charles Charlie Cook he's 24 years old from Marysville Washington he's camping in
10:57Yellowstone with a group of friends near West Thumb geyser basin they've been drinking alcohol around the
11:03campfire two days earlier David's death was all over the news everyone in Yellowstone knew about the man
11:10who jumped into a hot spring to save his dog the whole park was talking about it Charlie either didn't
11:17hear
11:17the news or didn't care late at night drunk Charlie decides he wants to go swimming in the dark he
11:26walks to
11:27the sea and he's a little bit of a crested pool a thermal feature in West Thumb geyser basin the
11:32pool is steaming
11:34in the darkness the steam makes it look inviting like a warm hot tub black water only a light blue
11:42glow and
11:42steam in the dark Charlie doesn't check the temperature he doesn't test the water he doesn't think he just
11:51yeah dives in the pool is over 200 degrees Fahrenheit near boiling deep enough to drown in the walls are
12:01steep and slippery impossible to climb out it's dark nighttime the moment Charlie hits the water he starts
12:11screaming his skin begins cooking instantly he thrashes in the water trying to swim to the edge but the walls
12:19of
12:19the crested pool are steep and slippery there's nothing to grab onto no way to climb out his friends
12:27hear the screaming in the dark they run to the pool someone grabs a flashlight someone else runs to get
12:34the
12:34car turns on the headlights to illuminate the area and they see Charlie thrashing in the boiling water
12:41screaming in agony they try to reach him but can't the pool is too deep the walls too steep too
12:49slippery
12:50they stand there with their flashlights and headlights illuminating the steam watching their
12:54friend boil alive they watch him die in the water Charlie's skin is cooking at 200 degrees Fahrenheit plus
13:04third degree burns forming instantly he's inhaling scalding steam his lungs are burning his throat is
13:12burning his eyes are boiling his strength is failing from the burns and shock he either drowned from
13:20exhaustion died from the burns or died from inhaling boiling water bro Charlie Cook was literally cooked in
13:29a pool his body was recovered the next day autopsy findings massive third-degree burns over most of body
13:38water in lungs drowned alcohol in system intoxicated Charlie died two days after David in the span of 48 hours
13:48two 24 year old men died in yellowstone hot springs
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