Report: Man died seeking place to soak in Yellowstone park

In short: a tourist in Yellowstone decided it would be fun to “hot pot,” or go soak in one of the many hot springs in Yellowstone. This is, of course, an illegal practice. The feller reached in to one to test the water and lost his balance and fell in. Turns out the water was juuuuuuust a little warmer than he might have liked and he boiled to death. Due to a lightning storm, park rangers couldn’t immediately retrieve his body; when they came back the next day there was nothing left, having been rendered down to broth.

Added fun points: the guy was with his sister and she apparently caught his slip’n’fall and subsequent no-doubt screaming death on cell phone video.

I’ve been to Yellowstone a few times. Not as many times as I’d like, but what’re ya gonna do. Every time I was there, the “step off the designated boardwalk and yer a’gonna DIE” signs were in clear evidence pretty much everywhere.