Tourist finds out the hard way what happens when you touch a Yellowstone hot spring, ‘It’s very hot!’ A visit to Yellowstone National Park took a horrifying turn when a 23-year-old Oregon man fell into a boiling hot spring while searching for somewhere to swim. What happened next showed just how dangerous the park’s thermal features can be. Recommended VideosColin Scott was hiking through a restricted section of Yellowstone’s Norris Geyser Basin with his sister Sable on June 7, 2016. The danger became clear when Scott stepped away from the designated boardwalk and fell into the hot spring.