A park ranger at Yellowstone has said they have a hard time designing dumpsters that are bear resistant that people can still use, because there is a considerable overlap between the smartest bears and the dumbest tourists.
I live in Livingston MT, 55 miles from the north entrance. My friends and a take a yearly drive through. Every year there are tourists dangerously close to animals. Bears, of course are potentially hazardous, but so too bison and moose. In and of itself the tourists become part of the curious, shaking your head, sights.
@@jimpatterson1111 saw a man accidentally get headbutted by a giraffe at a drive thru wildlife park in Texas, he got knocked out instantly and the car started rolling, it was wild lol I felt bad for the giraffe cause all the screaming really scared it :(
When I was 9 and visited Yellowstone I stepped off the boardwalk to go look at a rock or something dumb like that and my mom lost her mind and yelled at me and held my hand the rest of the trip. Didn’t quite understand why until watching this.
I also visited Yellowstone when I was nine, in 1965. My father warned us in graphic terms by reminding us of how we cook lobsters and crabs! I kept to the center of the walkways and was kind of shaky when there were no fences or railings.
@@stethespaniard2 Do the math! If I was nine years old in 1965, what is my age in 2021? Or was your comment intended for someone else? I don’t see where ignorance comes into play.
@@jwarmstrong Dang dude I'm sure that a small cigarette burn upon admittance to the park would keep young and old with a remaining memory of being burnt long enough to get them safely through the trip .
I'm a seasonal employee at Yellowstone and just a couple weeks ago, some other employees from another company here were out drinking around Old Faithful and one of them fell into a hot spring. She didn't suffer major burns, I think I read in the paper that only 5% of her body got 2nd and 3rd degree burns, but either way, that kinda stuff happens frequently. A couple months ago I was with someone at the clinic at OF and while I was waiting on him, someone came in looking for a ranger to report that some kids (teenagers/young adults) were throwing rocks into one of the hot springs and one of them stuck his arm in it and started freaking out and screaming that it was hot (no shit???). His arm was totally scorched and I don't know what he expected honestly. A couple years ago we had a guy fall into a hot spring and by the time people came to recover his body, he had completely dissolved in the acidic, boiling water and all that was left at the scene was a single flip flop. That happened because he and his sister were looking for a hot spring to sit in, which is completely idiotic. It straight up turned him to goo. It's sad, and some people here think the people who do that stuff deserve to get hurt, but it's sad, and I can't even imagine the trauma their families went through hearing about their loved ones dying so horrifically. A lot of people out here can be really ignorant when it comes to the wildlife and the springs, especially tourists who seem to think this is some sort of amusement park, and people suffer greatly because of it. There are signs everywhere saying to stay away from the wildlife and stay off the thermal ground, but a lot of people still don't listen and it's honestly infuriating sometimes. Other than that though, working here has given me some of the greatest experiences of my life and I've never been happier working in my entire life. It's incredible, the other people working here and the rangers are amazing people, and the land and wildlife both are so stunning. I just wish more people would be smart about viewing it all. Update: Right after watching this I went back to work and my manager said just yesterday a woman's dog ran out of the car and into a geyser, so she jumped into the geyser to save it. I heard she made it out alright but there's no word on the dog's condition.
I'm very dubious that the pools at Norris are that acidic to actually dissolve a body within 48 hours, even though they are super heated they are only as acidic as lemon juice not battery acid. Besides it doesn't take an acidic pool to "dissolve" a body just the heat itself is enough to "cook" a body that is not quickly retrieved, the flesh basically cooks and falls off the bone and sinks out of sight. Look at the history of Crested Pool (near Castle Geyser) when a boy fell (or dove) into the pool. (Andrew Clark Hecht) They were able to temporary drain the pool within, I think, a day and all they were able to retrieve was his clothes and bones. Crested Pool is NOT acidic but super heated.
@@LT-et5rr the park literally bans them, but just like all rules some idiots is gonna break the rules and find a way to sneak them in anyway. if they do that, I honestly don't care about their mental health caused by the death of their pets like dogs caused because you bring it to here
It must be rewarding to be fully immersed in the park as you say, but also confusing to see the best in humans connecting with such a unique wilderness contrasted with the worst in modern humans that carry ignorance or hubris in the face of wilderness threats.
You said it. You have to be smart and stoic. When in the West there are areas where you are not the apex predator and the Earth will show you quickly about reality if you are stupid.
A lot of visitors to Yellowstone seem to think its a theme park where they can touch the animals and get close to the deadly boiling pools. Drives me nuts
I think it’s because is called a “park” and most people’s understanding of that word is some manicured safe area. I had a foreign friend that was road tripping, passing by and wanted to stop and hike in Death Valley Natl. Park. They thought it was just some roadside park and that they could hike around in t-shirts and flip flops with no water. Meanwhile I won’t even drive through that area without a full tank of gas and a gallon of water on hand.
Kinda off point, but a friend of mine worked at one of the entrances many years ago. A tourist once asked him, “So, when do the deer turn into Elk around here?”
that's SO weird that so many people think that! I visited Yellowstone when I was age ten and even at that age understood you need to be VERY careful there and not go near the pools or touch the animals and honestly I'm not even that smart lol I don't understand why people would do that cause being killed by a wild animal or a horrible hot pot death would be some of the most terrifying and painful ways to go!
If you’re around hot springs, don’t ever try to jump over random bodies of water in the dark...actually i take the first bit back, just don’t try to jump over random bodies of water in the dark...
I remember that some people swam in the hot springs because they thought it was like the hotsprings in japan, not realizing that Yellowstone's hotsprings have a lot of sulfur in them, therefor are part sulfuric acid and emit sulfuric gas. One guy who jumped in was dead before he could resurface and his body was dissolved within 30 minutes. Obey the signs kids.
Like someone else in the comments said: the name shouldn't be called 'hotsprings', but more like 'acid springs' or something more menacing, because when I think about hotsprings I also think about those in Japan.
There are a lot of issues with signs especially in an American context where literally everything we buy, no matter how innocuous, comes with a warning on it. A sign also usually requires cultural info (including language) that people from other countries and cultures don't necessarily have. You can't expect people to be able to differentiate between signs that say "stay on trail!" when one means "don't step on native plants :)" and one means "you will literally, immediately die if you get too close to this hot spring which looks exactly like the one you sit in at home"
If it's called instant death pool, it won't be a visitor site anymore. Some people are just reckless. Please guys and girls out there, increase your senses 100% in a new environment coz danger comes out from every direction. . I missed traveling. Covid crisis suck
@@melodi996 I know that, thank you. I’m not an idiot. I just remember how hot it was and that the lava beds were black and I’m sure they felt hot to walk on.
Completely agree with other comments saying we should rename these "acid springs". Helps differentiate between vacation hot springs/onsen from these geothermal murder springs. I remember being confused as a little kid when I saw Ash and May in a hot spring in the Pokemon Anime because I'd heard you should never go in a random hot spring you find because you might boil to death.
they could call them "Burning cauldrons of DEATH ACID" with photos of actual burn victims and some idiot would still try to prove "they ain't all THAT bad"
I have actually had the opportunity to visit Yellowstone before Covid. Two things…….First take as many pictures as possible because it won’t be enough! Second the dangers are completely obvious. Just freak accidents. In my opinion it is one of the most beautiful places on earth!
Does the name Thermal Hot Spring not work well enough for that? Also it is clearly posted and reminded at every opportunity that these are dangerous. After working over the summer multiple years I have seen employees and tourists do stupid shit. The park is sooo wonderous and fun that it gives people a false sense of security even when they know better. This last summer I saved a co-worker who had wanted to "go up and touch the water" curious as to how hot it was not realizing that the ground at least 2 feet if not more surrounding the pool was merely a few inches thick. He had crossed the surrounding clearly marked "DO NOT CROSS! DANGER!" fencing around the pool. I was literally screaming at him telling him not to fucking do that. Fortunately he listened and we had a long talk afterwards and he felt really dumb about it. Especially after I pointed out how you could clearly see that the pool was surrounded by very thin earth. Had I not been with him I 100% believe that would have been another fatality. The issue is not the terminology, nor the signage, nor the barriers. Its merely people on vacation having too much fun not realizing that the park can be extremely dangerous as well. I keep multiple bear spray on me when hiking and sell them (or flat out give them away sometimes) whilst on trail. You would be amazed at the amount of people who hike very notoriously and clearly marked grizzly hot spots without taking any basic measure of safety precaution. I have run into grizzlies and cubs many times and it can be terrifying even with bear spray and the knowledge of what to do. Yellowstone is amazing and one of the most phenomenal places in the world but give it the respect it deserves or you could pay very dearly.
I remember reading a story about a man who died in a hot spring and by the time the National Park Service we're able to attempt to recover his body there was nothing to recover because of how acidic the water is.
@Generik, @finsclapping, @Compatriot: The man's name was Colin Scott. He and his sister had been looking for a merely warm spring in which to soak. He didn't dissolve "within seconds", but the Park Service couldn't retrieve his body the same day because of an electrical storm and the dissolution mostly occurred overnight. For more details, see www.cnn.com/2016/11/17/us/yellowstone-man-dissolved-trnd/index.html.
I was there last summer. There are warnings everywhere both posted signs and written in several places in the map you're given at the entrance. It's absolutely beautiful there and a bit terrifying. Don't treat this place like a theme park. It's real and wild and it will kill you.
Wholeheartedly agree. It’s a beautiful place with plenty of warning signs and even then you’ll have stupid people who won’t follow the rules. When I went, I saw a guy walk up behind a bison, (that was laying down) sit down, and start playing the bongos while his girlfriend recorded him. People shouted at him till he had to stop filming but I could not BELIEVE what I was watching. That’s how you go viral in the worst way.
We saw huge-lens camera bros screaming at a bear to get it to do something instead of eating flowers. I had no idea frat bro types were into nature photography but there were multiple and I hate them
I remember when my mom took my brother and I to Yellowstone ( I was about 9 or 10 and my brother was a year older). A couple months before the trip she gave us a ton of literature and media about the park, a decent amount of it was about safety. Those books were actually where I first heard the story of the man dying trying to save the dog, which was pretty scary to read at that age but incredibly effective. (No lasting trauma there either, ended up being much more terrified by the ghost stories I read while there than by any of the real tragedies lol) We ended up having an absolutely amazing time and safety guidelines were never questioned and always followed with out ever feeling stifling. I think its a good model for other people to follow, especially if they're bringing children. Having honest and blunt education on safety is necessary to enjoying places like these.
A term that pops up quite a lot in the comments here is "respect", and I think that's the key to safety here, which your mum did a great job with - making sure you respected the dangers of the environment there, and also reapected them for what they really were (wild animals & habitat) rather than as some kind of theme park? Some of the behaviors one sees from visitors to nature areas do my head in, & I can only imagine it's gotten WAAAY worse in the age of the IG selfie! 😬
My parents did the same thing with my brother and me who were around the same age. I don't remember once ever questioning them or their rules while at the park.
True story: when I was 14 I had a small role in a TV movie called “Supervolcano” that was about what would happen if the Yellowstone Supervolcano erupted now. I played a bitchy teenager who got killed in a landslide.
For reference, a "grain" is an outmoded pharmacology term, equaling roughly 65 mg. This is, thankfully, an enormous dose of morphine, I'm sure that poor fellow needed every bit of it.
I don’t get why they don’t call them “boiling springs” or “acid springs” ? Imagine if they called Death Valley “warm valley” or something lol people would definitely be a lot less aware of how deadly it is
@Linda Grammer People die in death valley despite their intelligence though, it's the ONLY way through if you don't want to travel 2.5 times the trip. Tires melt to asphalt if you stop, not even Einstein can predict exactly when you get a blowout. Sometimes fate just catches you with your pants down
I remember going to Yellowstone as a youth and I was terrified by the bubbling mud pots and clear pools. I would be standing on the rickety boardwalk only 20 feet from these portals to hell, no barrier except the occasional rotting rope and just stare in silent horror while other tourists passed behind me, taking pictures, chatting happily. The juxtaposition between the casual happiness and the beyond easily accessible death traps was insane to me.
I'm surprised that a dog would do this. Dogs generally have a heightened sense of awareness about potential dangers. Having said that, it has happened to dogs before so...
I was surprised as well. Even domesticated animals usually still have strong instincts. I guess for some animals playfulness wins. Of course, you hear about the 100 dogs that jumped in, not about the 100000 dogs that visited the park and went home safe.
I feel so awful for the guy who ran in after his friend's dog, he probably just ran after her on instinct and by the time he realized what he'd done he was already horribly burned.
Nope, he jumped in because he didn't believe that it was as hot as others were trying to make out. Soon discovered to his cost, that they were understating it.
the 2 people that commented, your stupid. the man ran on instinct before people started shouting, You dont run on instinct then go "oh shit nvm let the thing i want to protect die right before my eyes lol"
@@teddysoul85 : based on multiple accounts I read, there were people yelling at him not to go in before he did. Considering he thought it urgent to rescue the dog, he knew that it was really hot. I'll add a couple things to this: (1) while knowing the water was really hot, he apparently didn't know just how quickly it can cause major damage, like maybe he at least keeps his head above water if he goes in at all; and (2) the closest people to true villains/dummies in the story are the people who didn't close the car windows up high enough to guarantee the dog wouldn't escape.
I'm surprised that the incident where a man was recorded jumping into an acid pool by his sister wasn't mentioned here. I believe that was quite a well known incident.
@@PennyMsElite i heard that he just tripped and fell in. and maybe it wasnt included because it happened somewhere else and not Yellowstone. im not sure though
It indeed happened in Yellowstone in 2019, the name of the deceased was Colin Nathaniel Scott, 23. He, quote, "was looking for a place to “hot pot,” or soak in warm water, according to a final accident report".
@@PennyMsElite He went way off trail in Norris Geyser Basin, looking for a pool obscured from the main path to "hotpot" in. Apparently he slipped as he tested the water temperature - like all the springs in Norris (and most in Yellowstone), it was boiling hot AND acidic. He ignored the paths and multiple signs - it was death by stupidity.
This video should be mandatory viewing before going to Yellowstone. You should do a video on The Strid. It looks like a tiny stream that is actually super deep and no one that has fallen in has survived. They just get sucked under.
There's a guy who's made multiple videos about its danger and has dropped a camera down into the water, and it pissed me off so bad that he would get right next to the water and didn't pooeven wear a life vest.
When my mom went to Yellowstone as a kid, a ranger told her that if you want to test how hot the water in a hot spring is, use a finger you don't mind losing.
Norris Geyser Basin is the most acidic area in the park. Hottest also. Some of the pools get up to 260° F! A swimmable hotspring is at most 110° F. I live 12 miles away from Norris, in Canyon Village :D
Technically if you wanted to fence off the supervolcano's entire danger zone then you'd need to wrap a gigantic fence around the entire planet and shoo everyone away to live on the moon. :D
I grew up in Montana and my father has worked in the park for 50 years, you hear stories like this all the time. Every time we go to the park together, I learn something new! Like his poor friend who died in an avalanche while working there. It’s totally worth talking to old rangers and learning their stories there. He has some nice books he has written, and if you want to make an old man giddy, buy a book in the park by Michael H. Francis!
Ayyyy, another Montanan! I grew up closer to Glacier, but the trips we took to Yellowstone were always amazing (including the school trip where our bus broke down lol). And yeah, old rangers always have the best stories and tips :)
Was about to recommend this book as well! I recognized the story about the dog from there; made me want to shrivel up and die reading it and hearing it had the same effect 😂.
Random note for pedants like me: Describing 202 degree F water as "boiling" is in fact accurate at Yellowstone's altitude, where water boils at around 198 degrees.
Also -- as anyone knows who's ever camped there, Yellowstone is *cold* at night, even in July and August, again because of the elevation. (It's Wyoming, eh? All four seasons in one day. In WY it's *normal* to hear a freeze warning come over the radio on a hot summer afternoon while you're sweltering in a sun-baked truck. It only seems strange the first time or two.) Which is why the big killer in high desert isn't heat or thirst but hypothermia. Nighttime frost can happen in any month of the year; I met it in early August. This makes the hot springs very tempting things to be close to. (I felt that temptation; but approaching from the wrong side that wasn't signed I noticed a dead cow-elk floating in the simmering waters. Better warning than any sign; I looked at the boiled cow-elk, looked at that smooth, damp, slippery tufa surrounding the spring, saw how an agile animal with four-hoof drive fell in -- and stayed the hell away.)
When my family visited Yellowstone when I was a kid my dad bought a book about all the deaths in Yellowstone. He read parts of it and its where I learned the term degloving. It terrified me and kept me from doing anything stupid.
It’s dumbfounding to me that these things even need a warning once you’re past the age of 5. I think it’s time we stop labeling things that are obviously evident to cause harm in order to save some oxygen for those who are more useful than being merely biodegradable. 😂
@Omar. FiveEleven They (the owner and the friend) were already absolute idiots to take the dog to the park, when they know it is dangerous. There is always the chance a dog would free itself from being put on a leash our sitting in the car.
@Omar. FiveEleven I'm pretty sure he wouldn't do it if he knew the danger fully, let's not romanticize dumb moves, it can lead to others doing similar unwated actions after seeing all the praising.
I remember reading an horrific story many years ago,of a blacksmith / foundry worker in the 1800s,casting molten metal ,while his young son was his apprentice. The lad somehow fell into a huge vat of molten metal,and in a heartbeat,his father made the only decision he could,reached over and plunged the boys head beneath the surface,sacrificing his arm- sadly,he clearly knew there was absolutely no chance of survival,and tried to end it as quickly and humanely as possible…..the story haunted me for years.
@@mattdunn4977 I’m sorry, I don’t remember the title of the book Matt, I was very young myself, and I think the book was written in the 1800s- my family had a lot of old books.
That smacks of BS to me. That smacks so much of BS to me that it seems to me more likely to be an act of unplanned murder that he covered up by bamboozling the investigators with trade knowledge.
Say what you will about Kirwin's foolishness however; The man dove into a pool that he knew would injure him, with no hesitation, waded through it despite grave injuries and pain, for a dog that wasn't even his own. What a champ, and rare kind of selflessness.
I remember my parents taking me to Yellowstone park when I was a kid in the early 80s and I was absolutely terrified of the walkways because there were no hand rails!! I couldn't believe how easy it seemed to just slip and fall into one of those pools. Couldn't wait to leave, honestly. Still haunts me to this day.
The hot springs may be a beautiful area but so unnecessary to waste time looking at. It’s a hot spring……pools of boiling hot water……very dangerous and not worth the time. I’d rather park on the road and check out the bison, elk and other animals…..staying in the car, of course.
@@Liusila The dog won't die with cracked-open windows. Opening the door is possible, depends on the car. I don't think pets belong joyriding in cars at all. To the vet is enough. No reason to subject your belovëd pet to the risk of a car accident.
There's a bridge in my country where some idiot think it's cool to climb the bridge and takes a selfie. That idiot fell and drowned. You know who is blamed for this incident... Ruler of the Sea (I'm not joking...)
Exactly, how many times on this channel alone has it been reported that someone ducked under / climbed over a fence, someone employed to do something for safety didn't, or someone locked a door that was a emergency exit or failed to maintain it as an exit. Sorry but the idea you could or should fence off or otherwise mitigate danger in a wild place more than they obviously do silly.
Im mad people are letting their dogs off of their leads while in a park that has predators and boiling hot acidic springs and pools, why even take the risk, I guess it's because they don't take it seriously and respect the wilderness as something dangerous
@@thankyouverymuch dude most of these ppl in the video were doing stupid ish that put them in that situation. The dog was just trying to save its owner. It sucks the ppl died but they were going against instinct while the dog died reacting to its instincts that we as a species have bred into them over thousands of years
@@markhammar3977 You need to look at the localised risks. Yellowstone National Park is simply no place for dogs or stupid people that think they are above the safety 'rules'. Plenty of places to take dogs in Australia, with zero risk of them being boiled alive or bitten by a snake.
@@markhammar3977 You mean those things up in the tropics or in the zoo? The nearest wild ones to me, must be 2000 km away! Snakes are more widespread or even ticks are very harmful to dogs.
After visiting Yellowstone it's hard to forget, it is beautiful, deadly, and relaxing all at once and at night the stars are super bright and the sky is super visible and then there is the large amount of warning signs like "PLEASE ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WALK HERE EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS SAFE" and "DO NOT SWIM IN THE HOT SPRINGS" honestly a beautiful trip
@@sarasunshinemt4444 I have pictures of my daughter and her friend in one of the rivers (not the Firehole but a permitted swimming point). It's memorable and safe.
@@sarasunshinemt4444 well, I mean, if it's clearly marked okay to swim or go in the water, that's one thing. But in some of these cases, these folks should know better. I am sad about what happened to them, of course, but damn. Common sense could prevent so many of these incidents.
Dropped boiling hot top ramen on myself earlier this year and that hurt like hell and I screamed. It left a burn on my ankle that lasted for weeks. I can only imagine how next level that pain must be in a hot spring.
@@Goddot yeah but if you get anything just shy of that, God help you. Also, the loss of pain can be a negative thing as it is lifelong and you'd still be horribly disfigured
I have a book called "Death at Yellowstone" that I got while visiting there. It purports to contain an account of every death in Yellowstone that was related to the park itself (meaning it didn't cover traffic deaths or purely medical-related deaths like heart attacks). It was extremely interesting and morbid to read while at the park. Certainly there were some absolutely horrific accounts of deaths from the thermal pools including one from a park employee who fell into a thermal pool at night after a evening spent with other employees at a not-fatal hot spring. And plenty of stupid or tragic wildlife deaths as well.
I just heard about that book. I worked at Yellowstone park, old faithful lodge in the 90s, and I'm just starting to hear about all these horrific deaths.
I went to jelly stone for a three day trip. It rained days two and three, so I got to ride a 90ft water slide in drenching rain. The cabin’s upstairs was about 3 ft tall so you had to crawl and we got infested with ants on day two, I’m talking THOUSANDS of ants. And on the the third day I tripped and hit my foot really hard Other than that stuff, it was a cool place and I’d recommend it
😩😩😭😭😭...DON'T TAKE ANY DOMESTIC ANIMALS TO YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK - IT IS A WILDERNESS - ON TOP OF A VOLCANO!! NOT AN AMUSEMENT PARK OR DOG PARK!! NOT SAFE FOR SERVICE ANIMALS EITHER!! AND KEEP THE KIDDIES ON A LEASH! THEY'VE LOST SEVERAL OF THEM AS WELL! NASTY WAY TO DIE!!
One of the top professors in the geology department at the university was a head ranger at Yellowstone for some time before coming to the university. He was there when the college kids went into the pit of boiling water and had to help with the whole situation.
Ironically, my folks just came back from visiting Yellowstone a week or so ago-and they were watching/informing people (especially teenagers) not to screw around with the elk/bison nor the boardwalks around the hot springs.
It's amazing how many people think the wildebeest is some sort of petting zoo full of nice cuddly moose (aggressive and very dangerous), bear (same), Buffalo (lol same), etc. Plus Yellowstone is actually one giant super volcano that's not even dormant. That thing blows and a good chunk of the US is toast.
@@achaides They told me people either underestimate creatures like elk or don’t realize that if they’re used to being fed-and you don’t-they often act in unpredictable ways. That’s what usually got them into trouble.
Most bodies of water: has life rings in case you fall in. Yellowstone: has rifle in case you fall in (at least I hope. Don't die trying to save me and don't let me linger like that).
I saw the title of this video and thought "Somebody bought that Death in Yellowstone book..." There are TWO versions...one is updated with stories that happened since the first edition
I'll never understand why people bring pets to such places. I love mine enough to keep them safe...at home with a sitter. It's enough keeping yourself safe in wild nature. Too many unknowns and events that you have little or no control over. Various terrains and wildlife are considerations no one should take lightly in any national park!
@@puppiesarepower3682 I get it. That's how I feel about my pups. I just hope Wuffles and mom have superior survival skills if they encounter a bear, cougar, etc. I know mine would try to attack to protect me, and we know how that would end. 😪
@Diva in the Woods Agreed. It's so rare to see a properly leashed, controlled, much less trained dog these days. Sadly, the type of people who roar around in those godawful gigantic motorhomes are also the type who have at least one yappy little dog with them, utterly unsupervised or contained. I call those dogs Eagle Chow.
There are signs everywhere, yet I've still seen tourists walking off of designated boardwalks/piers and dipping their hands into hot springs. Personal responsibility.
*"dipping their hands into hot springs"????* I get nervous just frying eggs, and these people are over here just "oh don't mind if I do" sticking their hands into boiling water??
@@lj9392 some of them are just pleasantly warm. problem is, you don't know until your finger is already in there. plus, some of them are super acidic and that could burn you if the temperature doesn't. it's just plain stupid to stick your hands into anything in that area.
"To make Yellowstone safe, would make it no longer wild. And to take away that which it makes it worth preserving in the first place." Very well said. Yes take reasonable precautions. But at the end of the day, there's danger.
Having grown up in Iceland where we have hot springs, thermal pools, big waterfalls, volcanos, glacial lakes, crevasses etc, you learn as a kid to respect those things and the danger of nature. I can't tell you how many times I've seen foreign tourists doing incredibly stupid things and in their sheer ignorance being shocked afterwards when told of the actual danger they were in just seconds a go.
Personally have been there three times. When we did a winter tour one of the guides told us about one incident in the (I believe it was fountain paint pots) area where a tourist was getting out of the car in the parking lot and his dog got over excited and jumped out, ran straight for a hot spring and dove in. The guy chased the dog and jumped right in after it. Neither survived it.
My Dad witnessed this as a kid, said a girl brought her dog and it broke loose and dived in a pool, it yiped and cooked, she just freaked out, jumped in her car and left. Probably the 60's.
@@mrybird4044 Yet she was stupid enough to bring her dog there. She is responsible for his/her painful death and she will be living with that guilt and trauma for the rest of her pathetic life.
My family and I have been to both Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon National Parks. Despite the best efforts of the NPS, people stick their hands and fingers into the Hot Springs not realizing how boiling hot the water is. People routinely ignore the signs to get better "selfies", pics or other video footage of nature in action. How scary it was for us, one night we were exploring in the dark a natural feature not far from the tourist center. I practically walked into a baby "something" (I thought it was a baby moose but in the dark I could be wrong). I side stepped the creature and herded the family back to the car. If it had been a moose, the logical question is "where's mom?" and would she be angry. The same when we were leaving the park and people saw a baby black bear. No one, after jumping out of their cars to take pictures ever asked the question, "where's the mother bear?". So if the Hot Springs don't get you, the wild life would.
Well, his heart was mostly boiled so it couldn't have been gold. His brains weren't very functional to start with either, as he let a dog escape his car and then jumped into acid boiling water as people told him not to.
i was looking for this comment. He had to have known with all the people yelling at him and the way the dog was yelping that it wasn't a light dip in a summer pool...but he did it anyway AND pushed past the pain to keep trying.
I would, a dogs life is more important than mine, dogs can’t intentionally be bad, they are the perfect creature, I’d die for a dog, if I couldn’t save the dog I’d rather die.
@@MINRoadkill noble, but then the dog and you are both dead and it's kinda a waste. Better to just keep the dog away from the like, three spots on Earth where "running in the mud" will kill it.
@@StumpfForFreedom I mean yeah, I’m not dumb enough to take my dog to a hot springs with boiling water everywhere, I mean if someone else’s dog fell in I would try and save it because it’s not the dog’s fault for their owner being a dumbass.
When I was in Yellowstone once as a kid, I remember seeing someone reach out past the walkway to touch a stream of water running off a hotspring and it stressed me out, I was afraid I was gonna see someone stupid die while I was on vacation.
Exactly! I remember when I went to the park, they gave us a little pamphlet on the importance of staying FAR away from wildlife. It even showed you how many buses away from each animal you should be. If I remember correctly, the same day someone got to close to a bison and was rammed into.
I was headed to bed and then I saw this uploaded "ten minutes ago." What was I thinking?? Ugh. Oh well, I'm up for another hour now to see what I can watch to get that creepy music out of my head. I tease my friends these days about that music. Whenever they do something stupid, I'll text: Cue FH Intro. "On a brisk summer morning in 2020, everything seemed quite ordinary at the Mason home. Little did the family know, tragedy was only minutes away...." You're doing horror right, man. Life is scary enough without sensationalism. Thank you for taking the much needed professional approach in this genre. You're not the first channel since 2007 that I've watched like this, but you are definitely one of the best.
I don't scary easily. I read and watch a lot from the horror genre. But sometimes, I can't sleep because I'll get that Fascinating Horror theme music in my head lmao.
I visited the Cliffs of Moher in Ireland a fee's years back. The tour guide warned up before getting out not to go past the barriers, as several people fall off every month. I'm not sure if that's true, but it scared me straight for sure.
I live very close to those cliffs in county Clare and what the guy told you is partly true, every year there is a number of people who fall off the cliffs. Some accidentally some jump on purpose both very tragic and sad however
If there's one thing I've learned from watching Mr Ballen's channel, it's that all the barriers, fences, warnings, and signs in the world aren't going to stop someone who is bound and determined to go somewhere that they shouldn't. 😒
That's because most signs are wishy-washy and over-satrurated. You want people to pay attention to a sign? It can be very simple. Get a big triangle, paint it black. Border it in a high-vis yellow _retroreflector._ Engrave into the middle an inset, high-vis yellow retroreflector _skull and crossbones._ Affix a solar-powered lamp that illuminates it at night.
@@ShadowDragon8685 That's a great idea. I do agree that there should be one official sign for "KEEP THE F*CK OUT OR YOU'RE LIKELY TO DIE", like there is for just about everything else, and your design idea seems perfect. But, signs aside, I'm talking about people that also climb over fences and barriers clearly meant to keep people away from something, as well as the idiots that break through locked doors, entrances, and closures...like I said, some people are just determined to go where they shouldn't. I've watched enough of Mr Ballen's playlist "Places You Shouldn't Go, And People Who Went There"...people who dove into whirlpools, climbed into industrial ovens, dove past gates covering caves that were deemed too dangerous to dive into, and fell into various dangerous things that no sane person would go near even if there were no barriers or signs set up. I live in a city with a lot of waterfalls, and they all have signs warning people not to climb up or down the falls. Guess what? Every year, as soon as the weather gets nice, the reports start of rescue crews having to go in and rescue some morons who were climbing up/down one of the falls. Albion Falls are the falls about 5 minutes from my apartment, and someone already had to be rescued this year, after getting stuck trying to climb up them. The City has started to, not only charge people criminally, but to charge them for the cost of their rescue. You'd think that, if nothing else worked, hitting people in the wallet would deter them, but I'll be reading about these rescues all summer. 🤦♀️
When I went to Yellowstone in the late 90s, I saw a staggering number of people meandering off the walkways. I'm honestly surprised the park hasn't seen even more fatalities.
My family went on vacation to Yellowstone and we spent 3 weeks there. We bought a book listing every death the park has had at a gift shop. Reading the book during the rest of the roadtrip became the main source of entertainment.
I'm deeply irritated. The park does an immense amount of work to keep the visitors safe and educated. Any open areas to the general public that involve the hotsprings are board-walked, fenced, and use marked trails. Signs are EVERYWHERE. Hell even through roads through warn you of steam and heat and cracks in them. And as far as I know the backpacking trails/permitted areas keep visitors away from dangerous areas. Most visitors who are harmed deliberately leave these areas. (like the moron I saw posing with his kid over the fence on an unstable cliff in Yosemite park) They also do not allow pets in portions of the park for wildlife safety or because of the volcanic activity. Blaming volcanic activity and applying that level of fencing, warning, etc is irrational. And frankly its not safe to go stick fence posts in the ground in some places. Places visitors ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO. What happened to Sarah and her friends was horrific, but they should have known better. I wish so badly they hadn't gotten over confident, kept their caution, and made it home safely. :( Ugh this sort of thinking though... its the same logic that means we barely have wolves and bison anymore. The park and wildlife support services are constantly in battle with nearby landowners who will (and have!) happily shot wolves the instant they crossed the boundary out of protected land. Please be a reasonable person and don't require everything to be coated in bubble wrap so you can't possibly get an owie. Please also be a reasonable person and build practical safety and accessibility infrastructure. Thank you this has been a rage rant no one will read.
I strongly believe that they shouldn't have made these parks as accessible to people as they have. Places like Zion in Utah used to be my favorite park has been ruined by tourism and the desire to make the park accessible to everyone. I'm sorry it just shouldn't be. It should be something you have to really work to see. Like the bottom of the grand canyon or the top of mt ranier.
Idiots take signage, fencing, barriers etc as either challenges or not meant for them specifically. After all, posing for a selfie in front of something blowing up into the air at boiling temperatures will get them likes and “followers”. It’s important! This is our world now. Soon Forrest Gump will be a tale of a super-genius who met famous people.
I wouldn’t say happily shot wolves. If you have a family and there’s a wolf on your land where you, your family, your livestock and your family dog live, you might have to shoot it. They’re smart predators and feared for a good reason, we just forget because of them being endangered. It’s not a helpless human baby but a cunning hunter towards the top of the food chain. Other than that one sentiment I agree with your rant in full though.
I wish people would be more careful too hearing stories about how they are boiled alive is JUST so heartbreaking! And terrifying beyond belief! I can't even imagine how much pain they feel and how scary it would be!
My mum lived in Rotorua before all the fencing went up, and she told me about a woman who was visiting on her honeymoon. She stepped backwards to take a photo and fell in. They had to conduct a funeral service for her at the edge of the pool because her body dissolved.
OMG really?! I just don't understand why people would want to do that cause going into a hot pot would be SUCH a HORRIFIC way to go! I just don't understand why people would purposely want to go into the pools
The real wonder of our family's visit to Yellowstone was me not being mauled by a bear. While we were in our car, me (4 years of age) in the backseat, idled in a parking lot while everyone who could read was huddled over a map. As it went down in family history, my father heard me say, "Oooooh, daddy, there's a bear!" and looked over to see me hanging out the window, my fingers only inches away from a Grizzly. I vaguely remember that I was trying to pet it, attracted by the dark shaggy fur. I was immediately yanked back as my father put our car into gear and peeled out.
I actually have a book called "Death In Yellowstone" and the most common cause seems to be drowning in Yellowstone Lake due to frigid temperatures and sudden windstorms.
I've heard a lot of bad stories about Yellowstone's geysers, all of them end in death. There's very good reasons why the viewing platforms are so far away.
Not all the viewing platforms are far away. When I was there I got soaked by a geyser and I was on the boardwalk. It was cool water. It felt sooo good. A real spiritual experience.
Lots of the viewing platforms go through the geyser basins. Norris Geyser Basin for example. It's the hottest and most acidic spot in the park, yet its platform goes straight through it. Also, lots of people have fallen in hot springs and burned themselves, but only around 25 people have died from them.
I am, by and large, not squeamish, but something about falling into a hot spring is just such a horrible thought to me. I never underestimate geothermic power.
there are people who go into death valley and ignore the posted signs and they die. the ones that are rescued should be asked "do you think the warning signs that you can die if you do not follow the warnings, are put up to just amuse you?"
When we were in Yellowstone in September of 2020, I was staying this fact as two old men were walking by and they thought I was calling them “geezers.” My husband started laughing and I was left looking like an a-hole.
This video is a case where the American pronunciation "GUY-zer" should have been used. The British might say, oh that's an odd pronunciation of geyser, but "GUY-zer" doesn't have another meaning for them. They'd just think, "oh, how quaint" and that would be the end of it. For Americans, "geezer" is derogatory, a very rude word to say and distracting to hear, so each repeat of "geezer" in this video makes your heart jump into your throat again since you've never heard the word used outside of being rude to people based on age.
My grandparents took me there when I was 10. Apparently there had been an accident of some kind shortly before we arrived. They went walking along the boardwalk around the hot pools but locked me into the car. I was mad. In looking back I should have thanked them.
My boyfriend and I made a day stop in Yellowstone only a few weeks ago on a cross country road trip. It was absolutely breathtaking, but you could definitely see dangerous areas all around. Stay safe, but do all you can to not deprive yourself of such an experience.
having worked in the park for two summers, I can tell you that stuff like this happens all the time. not many death when i was there, but lots of people got their feet burned.
I worked at old faithful 90' summer, and I remember hearing about burnt feet as well, especially from drunk people/employees swaggering back to the dorms
People can be really dumb, especially if they’re not familiar with the dangers of the park, or nature in general. Can’t tell you how many tourists I’ve seen walk up to deer or bison ( or in one case a rattlesnake that was already very on edge).
I've been in life or death situations many times, I'm horribly unlucky when it comes to that-bizarre and dangeroys events occur, but as bad as those things are, it's always been worth it after things have healed.
There are times when you may be incredibly unlikely to live and often then in absolutely terrible pain it's impossible to escape that moment. Yet afterwards, even with the lasting bits, there are times when you forget . I don't often think about one of the worst incidents which occurred when I was in high school. When I was released from the hospital, I thought it was because I was finally getting better, but years later a family member revealed that the hospital had said that they could not save me, I would die and they would rather me spend that time with my family. My family, while I wasn't quite in a normal functional state-of-mind, said nothing at my excitement about leaving and even my smiling and waving to the nurses goodbye. We continued what treatment could be given at home and I recovered. I don't remember much for about a year (surrounding the accident) due to damage done. I'm most reminided of it when discussing college, which I lost the chance at my top choice due to the incident, or when I try to do something that I am no longer physically able to perform due to one of the lasting bits of damage. It was worth it. Those months, the following years, a month of pain is worth a minute of happiness. If you get to laugh or smile just a bit more, it was worth clinging on.
I have conflicted feelings about many of these cases. Sympathy for the agony they must have endured. And anger for how foolish, and avoidable most of these were.
I had to stop watching this video lol - something about being burned alive in boiling water is just too much for me and the thought of myself jumping in to rescue my pet is just too awful to imagine, another great video though !!!!!
@@TheVoidsFlame I used to live with a family who had a dog and I used to take her for walks everyday. She was great. One time she started getting dangerously close to a rushing river from the storms in alps and I even yelled at her "if you jump in there I am not coming after you!". I wouldn't have either. It would have been sad but I would never risk my life like that for a dog.
Not only that....some people that safely made it out of hot springs later died because their insides had cooked. So they basically suffered a slow death because of the internal damage. Bleh...
My grandparents went to Old Faithful in the mid '50s. They said they were terrified of the rickety walkway that was barely two feet wide. As they were with a tour group, they couldn't turn around and go back. Luckily, they survived. I hope the walkway is wider and sturdier now.
