What happened to the woman who put her hand in the hot spring?

In October 2021, a 20-year-old woman suffered second-degree burns after she rushed into a hot spring at Yellowstone while trying to rescue her dog. The hot spring that she entered, Maiden's Grave Spring, has an average temperature of 200 degrees Fahrenheit, per the NPS.



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The boy fell into hot water that had erupted from nearby West Triplet Geyser. He survived, but more than 20 park visitors have died from being scalded by boiling Yellowstone waters as hot as 250 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Within the Park, there are 3 places where you can touch the thermal water. Even though the water comes out of the ground at 147 degrees F, it is cool enough to touch by the time it reaches the pools.

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The Abyss Pool has a depth of up to 53 feet, according to the National Park Service. It has a temperature of approximately 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Water in these hot springs can “severely burn” visitors, the service warns on its website.

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