Old Faithful: Drinking and Geysers Don't Mix

Above, Old Faithful geyser erupting. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

There's been a spate of reports of yo-yos walking up to Old Faithful Geyser at Yellowstone National Park lately. The latest is about a guy who had been drinking and fell into thermal water at the geyser.

According to NBC News:

A 48-year-old man suffered severe burns at Yellowstone National Park after falling into a hot spring at the Old Faithful geyser. 

Rangers were called to the Old Faithful Inn on Sunday after Cade Edmond Siemers, a U.S. citizen who resides in India, suffered severe burns to a significant portion of his body, the park service said. Siemers told rangers that he went for a walk without a flashlight and tripped and fell into the thermal water. 

Rangers found evidence that Siemers may have been drinking alcohol at the time, according to the National Park Service. 

When they went back to the scene Monday, authorities found Siemers' shoe, hat, and a beer can along with footprints leading to and from the geyser.

This guy got off lucky. A tourist was killed about three years ago when he fell into a hot spring and the heat and chemical composition of the water dissolved him.

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