Woman left CRYING after dipping her hand in boiling hot spring in Yellowstone National Park
Woman continues to SHOUT in pain after dipping her hand into boiling hot spring in Yellowstone National Park: ‘It’s hot! It’s very warm!’
- An unidentified woman dipped her hand into the 175-degree Silex Spring in Yellowstone National Park, leaving her with burning pain
- After briefly dipping her hand into the blue water, she quickly leaned back, scrambled to her feet and ran off, screaming, “It’s hot! It’s very warm!’
- Gary Mackenzie, who filmed the incident, said he warned them not to leave the boardwalk, but they brushed off his warning
A woman was left screaming in pain after she purposely dipped her hand into a scalding hot spring in Yellowstone National Park in the latest disturbing incident of people behaving recklessly at one of the country’s most celebrated tourist attractions.
An unidentified father-daughter duo ditched safety standards and walked the boardwalk separating park visitors from the boiling hot Silex Spring in the park’s Fountain Point Pot Area. Hot springs average about 175 degrees Fahrenheit in the National Park.
Cameraman Gary Mackenzie said he warned the duo to stay on the boardwalk, but the father reportedly replied, “Whatever, man.”
“So I hit a record,” Mackenzie said.
An unidentified woman dipped her hand into the 175-degree Silex Spring in Yellowstone National Park, leaving her with burning pain
After briefly dipping her hand into the blue water, she quickly leaned back, scrambled to her feet and ran off, screaming, “It’s hot! It’s very warm!’
The video – posted to the Instagram account @TouronsofYellowstone – shows a stream rolling down the beautiful blue spring as the woman twists and turns trying to figure out the best way to put her hand in the boiling water.
A woman tells Mackenzie off-camera that the woman will “regret” the decision as she grabbed her father’s hand and leaned toward the well.
After briefly dipping her hand into the crystal blue water, she quickly leans back and scrambles to her feet, running away shouting, “It’s hot!” It’s very warm!’
Her cries of pain can be heard as she grabs her hand to her stomach and walks back onto the boardwalk.
Mackenzie said he would have stopped the pair, but he couldn’t find a ranger and had no cell service while the shenanigans were happening.
The National Park Service advises all visitors on its website and on the trail to stay away from thermal activity and to stay on the boardwalk at all times.
Gary Mackenzie, who filmed the incident, said he warned them not to leave the boardwalk, but they brushed off his warning
“Deep beneath your feet, the heat from the molten rock of the earth’s interior is sent up through the solid rock of the earth’s crust. Groundwater circulating through these rocks is heated and follows cracks and fissures upwards. Where the hot water can escape the Earth’s surface, a hot spring is formed,” according to the NPS.
Last year, a foot in a shoe was found floating in a hot spring in the park.
The discovery was made at Abyss Pool in Wyoming, leading to the temporary closure of the West Thumb Geyser Basin and associated parking lot. Abyss Pool, located west of Yellowstone Lake’s West Thumb, is 50 feet deep and the temperature is about 140F, park officials said. It is located at the southern end of the southern loop through the park.
It’s unclear how long the foot has been in the hot spring, but the strange discovery comes two months after the park closed in June after rivers in northern Wyoming and southern Montana burst their banks after heavy rainfall.