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Yellowstone IDs 4th man charged with walking on hot spring
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Original Publication Date: May 23, 2016 8:05AM
Publication Updated: April 28, 2025 8:41AM
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. – Authorities have identified the fourth individual who is accused of walking onto a sensitive hot spring in Yellowstone National Park.
The criminal complaint says Hamish McNab Campbell Cross, who carries a New Zealand passport, was among a group of men seen and photographed walking on the hot spring on May 14.
The men are accused of leaving an established boardwalk and stepping onto a geothermal feature where they snapped selfies and took video of themselves.
Ranger believe they have returned to Canada where some of them have a clothing line that they promote.
The group posted an apology on their social network and offered to donate up to $5,000 to the park.
One of the men reached through email has decline comment on behalf of the group.
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