Woman suffers leg burns after hiking off trail near Yellowstone Park's Old Faithful
A New Hampshire woman suffered burns on her leg after hiking off trail in Yellowstone National Park and falling into scalding water in a thermal area near the Old Faithful geyser, park officials said.
The 60-year-old woman from Windsor, New Hampshire, along with her husband and their dog were walking off a designated trail near the Mallard Lake Trailhead on Monday afternoon when she broke through a thin crust over the water and suffered second- and third-degree burns to her lower leg, park officials said. Her husband and the dog were not injured.
The woman was flown to Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, Idaho for treatment.
Park visitors are reminded to stay on boardwalks and trails in hydrothermal areas and exercise extreme caution. The ground in those areas is fragile and thin, and there is scalding water just below the surface, park officials said.
https://apnews.com/article/woman-burned-yellowstone-national-park-90a029e230960b097f7183afd9e7921b
Darwin Award. Stay on the fucking trail, stupid. They're there for a reason!
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...she won't be able to walk over to get a selfie with a buffalo. 
