A 23-year-old man was boiled alive and his body dissolved in a hot spring at Yellowstone National Park as his horrified sister watched on. Colin Scott fell into the acidic waters near Porkchop Geyser and was slowly cooked alive with no way out. While his sister desperately tried to rescue him and even managed to call help to the area but it was far too late, The Mirror reports.
- Scott and his sister were in an illegal area of Yellowstone. According to official police reports made available following Scott’s death, he and his sister Sable went on a hike into a prohibited area to have a swim. While there were warning signs posted everywhere, the pair ignored them and ventured off the boardwalks.
- Sable filmed a video of herself and her brother leaving the Norris Geyser Basin boardwalk. Once they stepped off, they looked around at various pools before deciding on one. However, they never managed to find a suitable one before tragedy struck.
- Soon after, Scott slipped into the water. Frantically, Sable tried to save him but failed, and the whole thing was caught on video. “The smartphone recorded the moment he slipped and fell into the pool and her efforts to rescue him,” a report on the incident read.
- She ran to get help but it was too late to save him. When park rangers returned to the scene, Scott was long gone. While portions of his head, upper torso, and hands were visible, his body had started to disintegrate. “Due to the report of the individual not previously visible, a lack of movement, suspected extreme temperatures, and indications of several thermal burns, the subject was determined to be deceased,” the report reads.
- Rescuers couldn’t get to his body safely. Due to the “volatile” thermal area Scott and his sister had ventured into and upcoming bad weather, they unfortunately had to leave his body in the spring. When they came back the next day, his body had disintegrated leaving only a wallet and flip-flops behind. “The consensus among the rescue/recovery team … was that the extreme heat of the hot spring, coupled with its acidic nature, dissolved the remains,” the report concluded.
