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Tourists at Yellowstone ran for cover as rocks fell from the sky following the explosion. The park said it did not reflect a change in the region’s volcanic system.
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[@MW-xm1rc]

When you look at how big some of the rocks were, it is amazing that nobody was hurt or killed.

[@davidwhitener3277]

Collect all rocks you can aswell as video audio n testimonils .. then call saul

[@josiewales290]

The angels are buried there and there being releas soon.

[@TheKuptis]

@@josiewales290 What?

[@stylin60es]

Especially the people that were near it

[@valentynpartyka93]

Their save Angels have though workday.

[@grifixed]

To be fair if you are in yellowstone you are inside the caldera of a supervolcano

[@klausschlobluvsmesometwood4679]

naw...must be "klimate khange"

[@boxsterman77]

@@klausschlobluvsmesometwood4679 Your quarrel is with the prodigious data and the evident, empirical evidence.

[@garrettford7232]

​@boxsterman77 naw. It is with the solutions offered.

[@joeysplats3209]

@@boxsterman77 you mean the data where they said they were trying to "hide the decline"?

[@Rameus]

That one family ran off with out their kid lol

[@JuniorWA]

my parents fr

[@Nikitos416]

American parenting in a nutshell

[@chiquita683]

In the 80s kids would know to run without saying anything. Today kids tiktok dancing during explosions. Darwin awards

[@stephenbadea2362]

Got that Joe Dirt treatment.

[@em.415]

There’s 1 adult behind the kid so I’m assuming that’s a family member.

[@JoshuaHopson-zz8gn]

They just left the poor kid in the back

[@gointothedogs4634]

I saw that too! Shame on those parents -also everyone shouldn't be running on the now-slippery walkways. If they fell off they could be badly burned.

[@joeysplats3209]

They knew he could run fast.

[@FP194]

People forget they’re walking through what basically amounts to an active volcano what do they think is heating all that water

[@truth.honesty]

Correction. A supervolcano.

[@johnd2263]

The fact that they went back to look again after nearly being killed tells you everything you need to know about how stupid people are.

[@dasun13]

Curious

[@acidthewolf2242]

That was the exit to this section of the park, hence the worker leading them that way and ushering people to leave as they didn't know if it was safe.

[@WixenBurr]

The parking lot was that way. I do hear u tho lol humans can be dumb haha

[@sandycrash8868]

@@dasun13killed the cat or in this case the human 🐈‍⬛😊 👨

[@LadyMarigoldWithers]

It’s almost like they’re walking on top of a super volcano 🤔🙄

[@donswier]

For real😮😂😂

[@boxsterman77]

Watch them sue the park service.

[@tonyg4622]

Judging by the sound of the camera woman I wouldn’t doubt it

[@raylazy5637]

That seems to be an act of God .... But they can sue God while they are at it I suppose.

[@garyeberle62]

Or Mama Earth….

[@carriesargent5494]

I was thinking the same thing.

[@RaccCity55]

"This sort of thing happens 1-2 times per year somewhere in Yellowstone (often in the backcountry, so it goes unnoticed)," the USGS said on social media. "It's an underappreciated hazard that we've been emphasizing for years. A similar event happened in roughly the same place in 2009." It's Nature's Way of thinning out the human herd.

[@BlackDotPatrick]

People are so stupid. "We don't know how safe it is. So grab my hand, child, and we'll walk back out there and see if it explodes again."

[@CMV314]

The only stupid comment is yours. He actually said everyone wants to move out of here because we don't know how safe it is. That means, he was telling everyone to leave. Before you call someone else stupid, take a long look in the mirror. You fit the bill perfectly.

[@BlackDotPatrick]

​@@CMV314He said that after they had returned to the scene of the explosion. Notice all the debris. Instead of continuing to the parking lot they went back up the boardwalk getting closer to tne explosion putting themselves in more danger.

[@alexmodnueldo8493]

I haven't been there so not sure what's true, but another comment said they needed to walk that direction to get to the parking lot and leave. Presumably they had walked to the opposite side of the geyser

[@BlackDotPatrick]

@@alexmodnueldo8493 If that's true, then I am likely wrong and will apologize.

[@WixenBurr]

They had to walk back that way to get to the parking lot, unfortunately. You can look up a view from above, and they all ran further into the park, hence needing to go back through the rubble to leave. I can see how it may be confusing for some, though 😅

[@abhishekmahanta1112]

That family ran away leaving the kid behind 😢, thanks to God nobody got hurt.

[@hextremelydesirable1648]

Looks to me like somebody’s parents didn’t turn around for their kid. That’s f’d up!

[@charlesw322]

tell me I didn't just see a little 4 year old running in the back by himself with all the adults ahead of him running

[@g.k.1669]

There is an adult further behind. It may have been that parent's kid and the kid was way ahead of them?

[@bobrocks8387]

An explosion goes off and you don't run?😮

[@RaccCity55]

It's their reality TV brains. Darwin approves.

[@MikeBarbarossa]

Not only were they lightly sauntering away from deadly danger, many went back to ground zero " after it was over" not having any idea if a 2nd explosion will happen any second Why aren't more people not making it to old age? It seems there should be a lot more meeting early ends

[@RaccCity55]

@@MikeBarbarossa Cellphone in front of face, no connection to nature or much of reality. Darwin does indeed approve, so do I.

[@iamric23]

It's funny, most of them walk right back to where the eruption happened. Didn't know that they were experts in the field. What would of happened if it erupted again????

[@maatx4027]

Unfortunately, they had to walk back that way to exit the park.

[@iamric23]

@@maatx4027 ahhh

[@stephenwise8938]

I definitely would've walked back to check it out...

[@jasonb1e732]

it takes time for enough pressure to build up to erupt, so it’s not going to right away again

[@belleriffraff]

@@jasonb1e732 a Geologist are you?

[@purpleness64]

Yellowstone just told everyone to eff off

[@veroniqueverstichelen7371]

Exactly!!

[@rdsieben]

Yellowstone was just clearing its throat!

[@LeverPhile]

​@rdsieben Exactly ... what that thing might be capable of is truly frightening.

[@m.strawser]

That lady at the end “everything is destroyed “ umm what a planked walk way 😂like I think you’re over reacting a bit .

[@veroniqueverstichelen7371]

I know hey...zombies lol....

[@m.strawser]

@@veroniqueverstichelen7371 😂

[@apostleswarning8575]

They left a kid behind 😮

[@em.415]

There’s 1 adult behind the kid so I’m assuming that’s a family member.

[@cozz124]

im pretty sure no one was injuried at least

[@scarymonsterrs]

No child left behind stops at schools apparently. 😂

[@TheKuptis]

"Everything is destroyed" as they're walking on the boardwalk and by a still intact bench that obviously wasn't destroyed.

[@thedoggonegaming4074]

Anyone suddenly remembering the movie 2012

[@speedingatheist]

I remembered the movie Idiocracy.

[@DizzyDame]

I noticed the people at the end of the line that were running, didn't bother to pick up that small kid at the very end that was falling behind. Real parents of the year there

[@alexcamacho1842]

NOT NOW, 500,000 YEAR SUPERVOLCANO CYCLE!

[@garyphillips3552]

It's overdue.

[@laosko1042]

@@garyphillips3552 that's not how volcanoes work

[@Lil.Stranger]

@@laosko1042sorry to break to ya, but it is, if a volcano is “overdue” it means it’s late for its predicted eruption. But Yellowstone is most likely (still) not going t erupt in our lifetime! So there shouldn’t be anything to worry about. What you saw in that clip is just a common occurrence that’s occurs in Yellowstone often! Nothing to worry about tbh.

[@Earnslawrider]

​@@Lil.Stranger it really isn't how volcanoes, especially ones of this scale, work though. Volcanoes are very random, sometimes sure they may follow a semi-predictable pattern of eruptions, but often they don't. An volcano may erupt once every 5 years on average, but then randomly undergo 100 years of dormancy. Take Ruapehu for instance, it erupted frequently in the later half of the 1900's, but hasn't erupted since 2007. Does that make an eruption any more likely as time goes on? Hardly, the chance of an eruption is the same year-on-year.

[@Earnslawrider]

not to mention, such a big volcano would have abundant warning signs before a 'super eruption' ever occurred, earthquakes, extreme ground deformation, increased hydrothermal activity

[@leftylou6070]

JellyStone park just released a gaseous FART!

[@hikikomori_999]

Nature is fun 👍

[@Eviper44]

Blows my that the people with kids did not pick them up and run while shielding them. Way to go Dads

[@allengreg5447]

I stood right at that EXACT spot in 1964 with my parents! I came SO CLOSE to getting killed!

[@AmericanAnthropologist]

I would be most worried about the type of gas released with that explosion. I only took geology 101 but I know that strong concentrations of gas like sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, and carbonic acid and hydrogen sulfide and can very deadly. Those plumes of gas would scare me the most.

[@MV-df8jl]

The whole thing can go at anytime

[@MisterHug15]

We would see warning signs

[@ThatLadyBird]

Well the whole park is just a thin cap of crust over a gargantuan magma chamber that could blow any day 🤷‍♀️

[@jaldous]

Let's take our kids back to survey the damage. Who does that? I would have taken my children and driven right out of that area.

[@MikeBarbarossa]

I could see the headline " tourists killed during deadly double explosion after going back after first blast"

[@Mansikkacake]

I am very shocked all these people were still there or went back to see the damages. they are not geologist or volcanologist. I wonder if similar psychology as watching and standing when tsunami is coming then when it gets so close and too late. only difference was that this particular thing didn't explode again.

[@boxsterman77]

You call it psychology. I call it stupidity.

[@Bozeman42]

@@boxsterman77 I call it "they were being directed out of the area by park rangers and they had to go past it to get out"

[@WixenBurr]

Yeahhh they unfortunately had to go back that way to get to the parking lot. They ran further down the boardwalk, so they had to go back.

[@slash2487]

There could of been another explosion and people just stand around. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@tg4941]

That was so close. Not the same but White Island came to mind.

[@EBY5801]

I thought the same thing

[@luich2275]

Very good parenting there, you can see all the adults running and one child in the back trying to catch up

[@zulumkodi]

Something is wrong with "western society". The slow reaction time, Weak legs, No sense of urgency, in the face of DANGER.

[@leekenney9214]

not just western, i seen a few videos of mountain sides coming down and morons just stand there. i think in India

[@MA-vw1pl]

People just don't realize the deadly potential of Yellowstone national park. This park is actually a natural chemical factory that does produces natural deadly compounds. Just look at the deadly experiences of East African nations. Whole villages have been killed due to these deadly gases.

[@randolfo1265]

"The park said the explosion did not reflect a change in the region's volcanic system." They don't know anything.

[@barrachello1958]

That's the equivalent to a 500 lb warhead exploding. I would be running faster than that lot.

[@monicalifornia_]

Super sweet guy helping out.

[@independentfreethinkeroutl2176]

Camera man never dies

[@zamar2158]

Its not damage to the park, its a natural phenomenon.

[@christopherdahlberg]

That Caldera is popping off before the big explosion

[@lindawatmore3321]

Can’t understand the fascination of visiting this place without facing the risk of getting hurt or killed by unpredictable earth conditions that are so difficult to predict the behaviour of these sites

[@roadgent7921]

Volcanic fields and peoples bucket lists don't mix. 😮

[@Bozeman42]

"I can't believe they went back towards it! They're so stupid" Oh, you wanted them to just wander further into the park instead of leaving? Use your brains, folks.

[@sdw2is]

They were 50 yards to the parking lot.

[@Bozeman42]

@@sdw2is Yeah. They ran away from the explosion INTO the park, then they had to walk past it again to leave. It's not hard.

[@MikeBarbarossa]

@@Bozeman42 They weren't swiftly moving past to get to parking and get out. They were wandering around the area and taking pics. Your take is a miss, dude

[@Bozeman42]

@@MikeBarbarossa You don't hear the person with the name tag right in front of them saying "Everyone wants to move out of here really quickly, we don't know how safe it is. Feel free to take my hand." as they are walking in that direction? Could they have not taken video as they left? Sure. But they were on their way out.

[@MikeBarbarossa]

@@Bozeman42 One person said that- Look again, and see the loiterers, pic takers, and even the dude who said hurry, still taking his sweet time. Prudence is wait a few minutes for park staff to help you out, or , I guess, risk yuor life for convenience, if that's what you want

[@robertwieczorek5838]

Is that a child running behind the parents?

[@jocelynharris-fx8ho]

For the rest of their lives, those people will be able to say that they had a "blast" on their vacation !!!

[@jtarantula3390]

The parents that ran without their kids 😂

[@lencicollier6492]

It’s called… “nature” 😒

[@janesawyer3495]

Imagine walking on an active super volcano, then being shocked when something happens....

[@cheynamorin6674]

Poor kid left behind knows his place in the family 😬😆

[@thomasbullins]

Priorities.....😅

[@_FROY]

They ran away and watched that thing blow up, just to walk back to where it happened?????, my skin got lighter just watching this

[@joezh7132]

I was there 3 days before this happened, I’m so thankful we were at the park and nothing crazy happen, I do know we are inside a super volcano.

[@ephraimjackson8416]

The after effects of a midnight run to Taco Bell!

[@branjosnow6244]

Right! Doesn't even matter if you have the salad, its old faithful the next day. 😂

[@Oscarfkntorres]

But I keep going back at midnight

[@justinw7323]

Maybe people thought the volcano was gonna blow so they just stayed?

[@RollerSkatinActor]

Dont fool with Mother Nature.

[@SeeTheWholeTruth]

Your "mother nature" does as she must from Father Sun. And he will do as he pleases with all of his usual cycle, 6k year one included that is up right now. People are not to blame, except for ignoring the biggest driver in our system. The sun doesnt care either way.

[@IrishVapeLife]

Well, you do take a risk every day when you visit the worlds largest volcano

[@cc1111-Glory]

Wow they need to fence that area off ppl are too close!! 😳😳😳🤔

[@stevenpeterstip6622]

Вы видели как последним бежал ребёнок?! Зато мы! Омерикансы! И это свучит гордо!

[@Blake4625kHz]

“No changes in volcanic system” lol

[@mongoose406]

The only reason nobody claimed injury is because there is nobody to sue and get free Money. 💰

[@El_Law.0.1]

That is very big for a geyser. I cant imagine when the entire volcano goes boom

[@davidanthonystone5165]

My family took a 5 week journey in 1964 From NY to California We went to Yellowstone. Wow and we were the only kids there

[@kikimaruthatswho1026]

Hope someone called CPS on the parents who left their kid in the back to fend for himself.

[@davidgates6987]

They ran and let that little kid fin for his self. The adult ran faster than the kids that time!

[@darrelldawson4041]

It almost seemed like there was possibly a flash of "volcanic" lightning caught on the camera as well.

[@thomasbullins]

The Yellowstone super mega volcano has the potential to change the rotation of the Earth when it erupts -- It averages about every 500,000+- years -- Its been like 600,000 ----

[@ronarchibald666]

Why the puck would you walk right back to where it just happened?!

[@anthonyg9739]

The self preservation instinct is weak with these ones

[@johnannadavis8411]

More of these may be coming now. Glad I got to go to Yellowstone when I did years ago. Not now. The big one could affect at least 50 percent of the western US.😮

[@LUCIFER-ARTS666]

Well, that’s not a volcano that’s actually in a bomb going off

[@BeniaminTrif]

This is just the beginning

[@marv8461]

they don't understand where they are and what they are doing.....

[@CT-rf1jh]

John Gotti came back up from that abyss..😅

[@Sando1913]

Wow those folk were lucky.

[@RawOlympia]

horrific to leave the child behind! Parents are like that villain in Jurraisic Park!

[@newnotification30]

Imagine being prehistoric man and having no clue what this is except maybe that the Earth is farting 💨

[@AmericanAnthropologist]

"guess I angered a god!"

[@HellNoKamala]

Every child for themselves lol. You see it's over your head and you keep looking lol. I've not seen that to know but after we are just hit by another ejection from the Sun this will happen more frequently.

[@DMMacaw]

Went there 2 years ago and there was dear at the time. Yet I'll keep moving in case another one happens

[@vxxiii4160]

That was wild

[@Cyber.Dude.]

Catastrophe happens and bro leaves his kid in the dust… real nice

[@syedasyeda9390]

Oh look there is a dark black explosion.. let's not run let's just keep on filming because cameraman never dies..

[@Lejeron]

0 survival skills😂

[@Xtragicfever]

Lady says at the very end, "omg! Omg!" Um, it's broken wood handrails. You can easily replace it by going to Home Depot. It's not the end of the world.

[@StewieGriffin505]

Do you know how far Home Depot is to from Yellowstone?

[@ukulele4worship]

The park service said it "didn't reflect a change"? You mean you built a boardwalk somewhere where it was "normal" for rocks to potentially rain down on people's heads? I don't think so.

[@chiquita683]

Here come the climate changers. Oh no its an eruption at a volcano, muh climate change

[@walterbyrd8380]

Yellowstone is a giant volcano. Yes, that is normal behavior.

[@ukulele4worship]

@@walterbyrd8380 For the caldera as a whole, sure. For the place they chose to build a boardwalk, doubtful.

[@sdw2is]

All geothermal areas in Yellowstone could have that happen.

[@sojourner.]

@@ukulele4worship This is simply a part of the park's geological activity which is why people go at all.

[@dougharrison2155]

Scary, but the hyperbole "everything is destroyed" park maint.- hey Wilbur, get me a broom a 1"x 6" a 6 nails...

[@globofgreen]

They took 10 days to start running

[@francisswistak8038]

How fast can one run from a traffic accident or a crazed individual? The drama is laughable and PS, you can't sue the government or, any of its departments.

[@james-kc7xk]

Best vacation EVER!

[@snd28081]

These people are ruining the park. Maybe it's a sign to leave nature alone. Bunch of narcissist that think it's for them.

[@vlatassa]

All the more reason to be in good physical shape. Never know when you need to literally run for your life.

[@ricky3019]

This also goes to show ya if something major happens we will get limited info on how and why this happened and won’t tell us the important stuff along with it

[@maxpower92]

Isn't that why people go to school? Honestly, if you're well read on the subject you can figure it out on your own.

[@PlayerAfricanChieften]

i am sure it was the chinese!

[@gmoney9068]

Proof, once again, that Mother Nature runs the show. I'm glad nobody was injured.

[@lindapell9060]

Scary future after seeing that.

[@johnbrown4568]

FYI: Nature don’t play 😳

[@mattb8754]

When you have taco bell for lunch.

[@kat8838]

Looks like oil. Just like the river water by me. You throw a rock in and a lot of bubbles come up that sit on the surface and don’t pop. A fast moving deep river too. They need to drill and protect people from it. I bet if they test the earth it’s millions of years old yet just newly exposed to air.

[@CMV314]

The tourists were in a designated area on the walking platform, so they weren't doing anything wrong.

[@baaldiablo8459]

Who said they were doing anything wrong?

[@AnyM4jorDude]

For once, someone in this day and age learn to video an event in landscape mode. Too many smart phones, no smart people.

[@medicdroidz]

Then they walk right back in there right after.....