Yellowstone National Park reported Friday that it found a piece of a human foot in one of the park’s deepest natural hot tubs, with water temperatures of 60 degrees Celsius.
According to a statement released by Yellowstone Park, “The preliminary investigation conducted by the Park Police indicates that this incident occurred on the morning of July 31st and the data available so far does not lead to the belief that a criminal act was committed. “It has occurred and an investigation is underway. The circumstances of the death are still being determined.”
This is not the first incident in the famous national park located in the American West and it is the oldest incident in the United States.
In 2015, a young man died after falling from a pedestrian bridge into another hot spring, while a similar incident last year caused severe burns to two people.
Authorities extended warnings to visitors to stay on trails and exercise extreme caution near geothermal spots, AFP reported.
The number of visitors to this huge park, which stretches between the states of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana (Northwestern USA), was about 4.8 million people in 2021.
The park is known for its geothermal activity and contains about half of the world’s active hot springs.
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