Man who dissolved in boiling Yellowstone hot spring slipped while checking temperature to take bath

Got to be honest, this thread has been curiously calming to me.

<3

like a warm bath

^____^

Also prompted me to read about the Dyatlov Pass Incident again, featuring one of my favourite weird things that humans do, namely paradoxical undressing in hypothermia.

Thank you. I'd forgotten about that one.

When I am experiencing panic or anxiety, the survival stories in this book always calm me down:

https://www.amazon.com/Deep-Survival-Who-Lives-Dies/dp/0393326152

Consequently I've read it dozens of times, at least some chapters. I'm not sure why. It's way outside the categories of my normal reading.

emil.y otm re dyatlov pass

http://www.outsideonline.com/1926316/freezing-persons-recollect-snow—first-chill—then-stupor—then-letting-go

At 85 degrees, those freezing to death, in a strange, anguished paroxysm, often rip off their clothes. This phenomenon, known as paradoxical undressing, is common enough that urban hypothermia victims are sometimes initially diagnosed as victims of sexual assault. Though researchers are uncertain of the cause, the most logical explanation is that shortly before loss of consciousness, the constricted blood vessels near the body's surface suddenly dilate and produce a sensation of extreme heat against the skin.

All you know is that you're burning. You claw off your shell and pile sweater and fling them away.

Was reading about Dyatlov Pass recently, after listening to this post-rockish concept album about it: https://open.spotify.com/album/2vYSKNZsE3R7pBbCFZKrOd

These students from the Dyatlov Pass incident would probably have been youngish or born during the '37-38 great terror, and then their formative period would have been the Barbarossa years. They were probably thinking no probs when they set off.

http://www.outsideonline.com/1926316/freezing-persons-recollect-snow—first-chill—then-stupor—then-letting-go

This was great and terrifying, tempered slightly by the fact that I'm clueless about temperatures in Fahrenheit.

32° ... Just take off your clothes no matter what thermometer you're using.

lol

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4032438/Death-chocolate-Mother-two-dies-falling-vat-molten-confectionery-Russian-sweet-factory.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/31/death-yosemite-travel-blogging-couple-perishes-foot-fall-they-may-have-been-taking-pictures-relative-says/

More than 250 people have died worldwide in the last six years while taking selfies, according to a recent study from researchers in India published in the Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care.

... almost a third of them Indian, strangely enough.

turns out the guy reappeared but had magical powers