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A young American man who died after he slipped into a hot spring in Yellowstone National Park dissolved before his body could be recovered.
Colin Scott, 23, from Oregon, died in June when he accidentally fell while looking for a place to soak, or “hot pot”, in the park’s acidic thermal pools.
Rescuers later found his body in the pool but abandoned attempts to retrieve it because of the danger to themselves and an approaching lightning storm.
The next day, workers were unable to find any "significant" remains in the boiling water.
Yellowstone's deputy chief ranger Lorant Veress said: "In a very short order, there was a significant amount of dissolving,"
The incident, which was recorded by the victim’s sister on her mobile phone, emerged following a freedom of information request.
Mr Veress told KULR 8, which broke the story, said the springs were an “unforgiving environment”.
He said: “The whole area is geothermally active.
“There's a closure in place to protect people from doing that for their own safety. It's a very unforgiving environment.”
Yellowstone National Park, which was established in 1872, is situated mostly in Wyoming but parts also extends into Montana and Idaho.
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