Man banned from Yellowstone for trying to fry chickens in hot spring

It’s not Mother Nature’s deep fryer. An Idaho man has been blacklisted by Yellowstone National Park authorities after attempting to cook chickens in the hot springs of the off-limits thermal area. Rangers were alerted to the hydrothermal hot-pot sesh after receiving reports on Aug. 7 of people hiking toward the Shoshone Geyser Basin — the park’s largest geyser region — with cooking pots in tow, East Idaho News reported. A subsequent investigation revealed two whole birds in a burlap sack resting in a hot spring with cookware nearby. The unnamed Idaho Falls native has been ordered to pay a $1,200 fine for violating closures and use limits and to serve two years of unsupervised probation. During that time, the outdoor cooking enthusiast will be forbidden from entering Yellowstone National Park...MORE