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Yellowstone National Park officials say foot found floating in hot spring likely connected to July death
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WY - JUNE 22: A man takes a picture at the south entrance of Yellowstone National Park, as he waits to gain entry for the first time in more than a week, on June 22, 2022 in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. The park has A foot inside of a shoe that was found floating in a hot spring earlier this week in Yellowstone National Park is believed to be connected to an incident on July 31, park officials said. A park employee made the discovery on Tuesday in the Abyss Pool, a hot spring at the West Thumb Geyser Basin that reaches 140 degrees and is about 53 feet deep. Investigators don't suspect foul play, though law enforcement is still looking into the incident. "Visitors are reminded to stay on boardwalks and trails in thermal areas and exercise extreme caution around thermal features," the National Park Service said this week after the discovery. "The ground in hydrothermal areas is fragile and thin, and there is scalding water just below the surface."ARIZONA WOMAN MISSING AFTER SWEPT AWAY BY FLOODWATERS IN UTAH'S ZION NATIONAL PARKHot springs, located through Yellowstone, are formed by precipitation that seeps into the ground and becomes superheated by the area's magmatic system.