Yellowstone accident

Gammawolf · 18 Nov 2016 at 12:16

I hope the video gets leaked, i would like to watch it

ttaskmaster · 18 Nov 2016 at 12:21

Reminds me of a rhyme from school:

Poor Old [insert name] is dead and gone,
We'll see his/her face no more,
For what s/he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4!

DailyGeek · 18 Nov 2016 at 12:37

Seems feasible that remains would be unrecoverable and I can see that once enough air and fat has been released from the body, what's left is probably just going to sink anyway. But 100% gone seems unlikely.

Bodies do crazy things after death, so the combination of acid and the rapid decomposition from inside given the temperatures, would demolish tissues pretty fast.
I've seen pretty advanced decomp after 2-3 days from a warm home environment so throwing strong chemicals into the mix probably doesn't help.

bledd · 18 Nov 2016 at 12:45

I feel sick just thinking about this :/

Craig1981 · 18 Nov 2016 at 12:52

ttaskmaster said:
Reminds me of a rhyme from school:

Poor Old [insert name] is dead and gone,
We'll see his/her face no more,
For what s/he thought was H2O
Was H2SO4!

Seriously? What the hell kind of school did you go to, where THAT was a rhyme? And I thought Ring a Ring o' Roses was morbid...

Greebo · 18 Nov 2016 at 12:53

Craig1981 said:
Seriously? What the hell kind of school did you go to, where THAT was a rhyme? And I thought Ring a Ring o' Roses was morbid...

We had the same rhyme at our school.

Craig1981 · 18 Nov 2016 at 13:00

Greebo said:
We had the same rhyme at our school.

I see :|

ttaskmaster · 18 Nov 2016 at 13:02

Craig1981 said:
Seriously? What the hell kind of school did you go to, where THAT was a rhyme? And I thought Ring a Ring o' Roses was morbid...

Grammar school - It was our Scottish chemistry teacher's bright idea. He was big on memory aids, nmemonics and things. We had to take a selection of coins into exams, so we could draw atomic structure diagrams with clean circles.

After decades, I still remember what sulphuric acid is, though...!!

Captain · 18 Nov 2016 at 13:22

Dis86 said:
That would have to be an incredibly strong acid.

I work with it, horrible stuff, I've come close to being burnt by it a few times

Arsonist · 18 Nov 2016 at 13:38

I wonder if the spring turned red like it would in films?

Dis86 · 18 Nov 2016 at 14:04

EVH said:
I'd doubt that the body was totally dissolved but more likely what was left was not worth the effort to recover. A bit like trying to recover a cow and getting minced beef.

Sure they could recover it all, but that's not going to be financially viable or safe. I'd guess a decision was made to try but they gave up after seeing the extent of the damage.

I'm no chemist but I wouldn't be surprised if the combination of acid & heat would do it though.

Acid and heat could, but it's the 24 hours i'm wondering about.

Greebo said:
Well since what is in the pool is basically very hot industrial drain cleaner which sole purpose is to dissolve hair and tissues in drains, I suspect 24 hours in that pool will have made a sloppy mess.

Okay bones will probably be fine but I can see the point with the rescuers that its not worth the risks to try and recover the remains.

A quick google suggests 24 hrs plus heat is enought to turn a human body to a sludge and has been used by several mexican gangs for body disposal.

How do you know it's industrial drain cleaner? I can't find any info other than a park ranger going 'yeah, it's erm...acidic'. Well so is water!

Tefal said:
Or just very hot water.

Nah, that would just cook it nicely. It wouldn't disintegrate in 24 hours.

D.P. said:
It's a pool.of boiling sulphur of acid, 12 is probably plenty long enough to mostly dissolve a body

Not sure what a sulphur of acid is? Where did you get the info?

Clov!s said:
I work with it, horrible stuff, I've come close to being burnt by it a few times

Work with what though? I can't see anything to say what it actually is!

Captain · 18 Nov 2016 at 14:17

I saw people mentioning sulphuric acid so assumed they'd read it

geekman · 18 Nov 2016 at 14:27

Greebo said:
We had the same rhyme at our school.

Same here.

Jamesyboyjim · 18 Nov 2016 at 14:39

Got some 97% sulphuric acid industrial drain cleaner at home, it'll clear a blocked drain in a few minutes so if that hot spring is some crazy boiling sulphuric acid then its not surprising it'll dissolve someone overnight. Grim

Craig1981 · 18 Nov 2016 at 14:42

https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1303/report.pdf

A bit long winded, but this might have what your looking for.

kiteloopy · 18 Nov 2016 at 14:51

Jamesyboyjim said:
Not only would it have been a horrific sight to see but seeing him thrash around screaming would have been the hardest part to witness.

This. What a horrible thought.

Dis86 · 18 Nov 2016 at 15:18

Craig1981 said:
https://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1303/report.pdf

A bit long winded, but this might have what your looking for.

From a cursory read of that the waters are mostly alkaline.

ironsonic · 18 Nov 2016 at 15:42

wasnt someone warned not to go near it a few months ago? and they did it for youtbe clicks?

Gerard · 18 Nov 2016 at 15:47

Greebo said:
This. Suspect she would drop her phone and rush over to try and help him.

Or she turned the phone around for a selfie with him in the background being dissolved before doing anything. :eek:

Bassmansam · 18 Nov 2016 at 15:48

Smeagol at mount doom comes to mind..