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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Meredith Clark

Yellowstone tourist mocked after dipping finger in deadly thermals: ‘It’s very hot!’

Instagram / @TouronsOfYellowstone

A visitor at Yellowstone National Park has gone viral after learning that the park’s world-famous hot springs are, indeed, hot.

In a video captured by @TouronsOfYellowstone on Instagram, a man and a woman ignored another visitor’s warning when they stood by the edge of the Silex Spring, which is located at Yellowstone’s Fountain Paint Pot Nature Trail in Wyoming.

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