Investigators identify the owner of a foot found in Yellowstone hot pool

[UM-Bot]

The unattached appendage had been found floating in the scalding-hot water by park staff earlier this year.

https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/362055/investigators-identify-the-owner-of-a-foot-found-in-yellowstone-hot-pool

[jethrofloyd]

I wonder how this happened? How is it possible?

[stereologist]

The article mentions another person that was completely dissolved. Coins and rock do not dissolve, but people, their clothes, and shoes often dissolve completely leaving no trace.

Such action prevents trees, leaves, and such from filling and clogging hot springs.