A part of a human foot was found in a shoe floating in a hot spring in the southern part of Yellowstone National Park earlier this week.
HELENA, Mont. --
A part of a human foot found in a shoe floating in a hot spring in the southern part of Yellowstone National Park earlier this week is believed to be linked to a July 31 death, park officials said Friday.The shoe was recovered from Abyss Pool on Tuesday, park officials reported. News of that discovery led a man from Maryland to contact the National Park Service to report that he and his family had spotted a shoe, floating sole up, in the hot spring on the morning of Aug. 11.
At least 22 people are known to have died from hot spring-related injuries in and around the 3,471-square-mile national park since 1890, park officials said. The most recent occurred in June 2016 when Colin Nathaniel Scott, 23, of Portland, Oregon, left a boardwalk in the Norris Geyser Basin, slipped on some gravel and into a boiling, acidic spring. No significant human remains were left to recover.
The nation's first national park has drawn more than 4 million visitors over the past several years, with the exception of 2020, when it was briefly closed due to the pandemic. The park had closures in June due to historic flooding. It's northern entrance at Gardiner and its northwestern entrance near Cooke City remain closed to vehicles.Related Topics
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Foot found in Yellowstone hot springs linked to July 31 death, national park saysA part of a human foot was found in a shoe floating in a hot spring in the southern part of Yellowstone National Park earlier this week.
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Part of human foot, in a shoe, found floating in Yellowstone hot springA Yellowstone National Park employee spotted part of the foot inside of a shoe floating in the Abyss Pool, a hot spring in the southern part of the park.
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Partial foot found in shoe floating in Yellowstone hot springsA park worker discovered the partial foot on Tuesday at Abyss Pool, one of the deepest hot springs at Yellowstone.
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