Man Banned From Yellowstone After Getting Caught Cooking Chickens In Hot Springs
Man Banned From Yellowstone After Getting Caught Cooking Chickens In Hot Springs
By Katy Evans
06 NOV 2020, 17:10
A man has been banned from Yellowstone National Park after allegedly getting caught cooking two chickens in one of the park’s famous thermal hot springs.
The incident occurred back in early August when a ranger was notified of a group of people spotted hiking towards Shoshone Geyser Basin in the park’s thermal area with cooking equipment in tow, a park spokeswoman told EastIdahoNews.com last week.
The ranger found the group and discovered not only had they broken the park's rules by straying off the boardwalks and designated trails, but they had broken the park's cardinal rule: do not place anything (including yourself) in the thermal features. An incriminating burlap sack with two chickens inside was found in a hot spring with cooking pots nearby.
One man from Idaho Falls and two others were cited for breaking the foot travel rule in the thermal area. The Idaho Falls man pleaded guilty at Mammoth Hot Springs court in September and paid two $600 fines for breaking the park's rules. He was also put on two years' unsupervised probation and banned from Yellowstone for that time.
More:
https://www.iflscience.com/environment/man-banned-from-yellowstone-after-getting-caught-cooking-chickens-in-hot-springs/
This isn't the first time people have broken the park's rules to get too close to the hot springs, but this had one of the happier endings. The extraordinary natural features that make Yellowstone well worth a visit are also what makes it rather perilous. There are around 10,000 geothermal features in Yellowstone, ranging from geysers to mud pots and fumaroles. The hot springs run at a temperature of around 92°C (198°F), with steam vents running as high as 135°C (275°F), according to the US Geological Survey. Fascinating features though they are, they have caused the death of at least 20 people.
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