"Why isn't it gated off with electric fence?" Bless you, Lauren, how did nobody think of that; let's fence off the OUTDOORS.

Sorry - Darwin Award for FAFO-ing. As for those comments on "why was is accessible at all?!" There were signs about danger, it was ILLEGAL for a reason (surprise!), and it's effing nature! You can't childproof nature, especially not if the kids in question insist on being stupid. The world is full of canyons, cliffs, pools, poisonous fruit/fungi, venomous/toxic animals, breaking branches and a million more possibilities of winning your own body bag. What Karen will go out and about fencing off all this stuff?

To all the people asking if this was really necessary: YES it was. Because people can't, apparently, read clear Warning signs so perhaps a short, clear video will make it. Not too long as their attention span is on par with their IQ.

We've shown just this week that a secure enclosure is not enough to keep people away from a tiger. They expect us to keep idiots out of sulphuric acid baths??? Maybe the fact it's hot and smells like sulphur should trigger some base instinct to stay away?

It wasn’t “left until it cooled” that wasn’t going to cool until plate tectonics transferred the land further west, so he’s gonna be cooked in heat and acid until he gone. Idaho shows the scars of what had been the hot spot until it hit Yellowstone in our human experience, thanks to the frozen Bering straight and some human ancestors coming across it.

He FAFO. There's a reason the signs say not to do exactly what he did. Who would have thought? /s

And here we go again, BP censoring the ordinary words🙄 I'm surprised they don't censor words like "sad", "terrible" or "scary", too, as their censor policies really are just "all words that have any association with something unpleasant"

Even in this pvssified age of lawyers warnings and overarching safety regulations, society's idiots still manage to find creative ways to wipe themselves out. This guy probably would have received a Darwin Award if there had been anything left of him to present it to.

block them off? electric fences? How about common sense ? These are natural formations, people have to be careful.

The naivety of the "gated fence" response.

Guess that didn't work out as they planned🫣

We humans continue to climb the retaining walls to visit the bears or tigers at zoos. Folks continue to approach the park bison or moose to pet them. And people continue to position themselves as close to physical danger and death with hot springs, mountain tops and caves (with most clearly labeled as a danger via signage, some form of verbal warning, and most of all, one's common sense saying "no way" I am doing this). How it is supposed to work with humans, is when someone is injured or killed (example: those walking on the train track as the freight train is rolling their way, those who thought they could cross a 4 lane highway quicker than the approaching 3,000 pound speeding autos ) we are suppose to learn from these tragedies. Stay safe folks, don't be the example on the TV, internet or newspapers of what NOT to do because you got that urge to do something 99.99999999999% of humans know is or can be dangerous.

Perfect murder?

The whole "why isn't it gated?" Because signs are everywhere telling people the pools are acidic and dangerous, walkways and safety areas are clearly defined, and even the wild animals that walk around the areas all day know to not go to the bad smelling hot pools. The park is a big circle of deadly places and animals, I loved going there.

It seems like this is a perfect way to hide a dead body. Guys, are we sure that everyone who fell into these springs wasn't pushed into the acid by force?.. I mean, that's a perfect way to k*ll somebody. Now, that's a horryfying thought. There are no cameras in the outdoors, are there?..