I warn you that you may find this story disturbing. I did. When you think of hot springs you think of curiously steaming pools of water, but rarely think of the possible dangers involved. This story is about a stupidly brave man who tried to rescue a dog and payed for it with his life. One thing to certainly take into account if visiting a park with hot springs is to not take any pets or small children with you. They can be deadly.

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Bloody hell! That is a sad story. I can't believe the guy sounded so calm afterwards though...

Ouuuccch! [img]graemlins/awcrap.gif[/img] ... That churned my stomach a bit...

I guess when you love an animal so much, you can't help acting before thinking. What surprised me most is that one man got second degree burns just for standing in it for a few seconds... later resulting in third degree burns, with some skin coming off [img]graemlins/1puke.gif[/img]

You'd have thought that dogs, intelligent creatures, may be able to sense that the steam rising from the spring was hot... I guess it just jumped in too quickly.

I agree - terrible story. [img]graemlins/verysad.gif[/img]

oh..wow...that's not good ~_~ll

One has to wonder if he was drunk at the time. Personally, I like to keep a healthy distance from very hot things. Extremely hot liquids such as boiling water or hot oil make me nervous. Red hot things such as liquid steel or magma terrify me.

Yup, lava scares the living crap out of me. [img]smile.gif[/img]

I just keep imagining putting my hand in lava, taking it out, and it's not there anymore. *shudders*

Suffocation and heat are my two big "no-no's" when it comes to my fear of pain... and this guy got both of them....

that is called shock, which is the way a body protects itself if it is severly injured. also, being third degree burns, he probably did not feel much of it, and was unsure how bad it was. it is a very sad story :( and I know alot of people who would probably jump n before thinking of their own well-being.

That's true Stormy. After second degree burns, nerve endings are destroyed. That means no pain or any other sensation from the skin. His entire body was "nerve dead" by that time. Maybe he didn't realize the water was boiling hot? Perhaps he equated the temperature with that of a dry sauna? It's not commonly known, but the reason you freeze to death in water quicker is the same reason it will burn you quicker. Air is a poor conductor of heat, but water is a very good one. It transfers heat to and from your body much quicker than air. So you could withstand a 160F dry sauna for a lot longer than a 160F bath.

Of course... for a loved one, or a shipmate.

But a dog?

Woah.
Brave, but slightly stupid.
How much must that have hurt?