Tourist killed after falling into 100°C acidic hot spring at Yellowstone as rescuers admit they will find no remains
Colin Nathaniel Scott, 23, fell into the boiling spring after wandering away from a viewing platform with his sister
A MAN was boiled alive when he slipped into a steaming hot spring filled with acid.
Colin Nathaniel Scott fell into the 199°F Norris Geyers Basin at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming after he stepped away from a viewing platform with his sister.
Attempts to retrieve the 23-year-old’s body were halted after park officials admitted it is unlikely any of his remains would be found after the fall on Tuesday.
Charissa Reid said: “They were able to recover a few personal effects. There were no remains left to recover."
She added there was little point in continuing the search "due to the extreme nature and futility of it all”.
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Scott, from Portland, Oregon, had walked around 150metres from the safety of the geyser’s viewing platform.
Kenneth Sims, a geologist at the nearby University of Wyoming, showed little sympathy as he blasted the victim’s actions.
He said: “It's sort of dumb, if I could be so blunt, to walk off the boardwalks not knowing what you're doing.
"They're scofflaws essentially, who look around and then head off the boardwalk.”
The boiling basin welcomes more than four million visitors each year.
At least 22 have been killed by the hot springs over the past century, including two who decided to take a dip in the scolding waters.
Only days ago a 13-year-old boy was burned when his dad slipped into another spring in the national park.
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