Shock at festival Burning Man in Nevada of USAafter the deceased man “in a pool of blood” on Saturday night (30/08/2025), while the huge human -shaped wooden model was delivered to the flames in the desert, according to authorities. Authorities are now investigating this death as a homicide.
The corpse was found shortly after 9pm on Saturday at the Black Rock desert festival, about 180 kilometers north of Reno, according to his office sheriff’s Office of PERSHING in the US.
The macabre discovery came as the huge wooden model in the center of the festival was wrapped in flames, in one of the most characteristic rituals of the event. A participant alerted a police officer, saying that he saw “A man lying in a pool of blood.”
According to Skynews, authorities excluded the site, which they are facing as a place of crime, and received deposits from several attendees. The corpse, whose identity has not yet been disclosed, was transferred to the coroner. The festival continues normally until Monday at 6 pm Local Time (third -day Greek Greek).
“Although the incident seems to be an isolated crime, all participants must remain alert for their environment and the people around them”, He said in a statement his sheriff’s office.
Authorities emphasize that the investigation is particularly complicated.
The organizers of Burning Man said they were fully working together with the authorities and called on the public not to intervene in the research. “The security and well-being of our community is of the utmost importance,” they said, adding that there are support services available, including a psychological aid team, and free Wi-Fi is provided for contact with relatives and friends.
Burning Man is a self -expression festival, culminating in the combustion of the wooden almond of about 12 meters high. Its story begins in 1986, when a small eight -foot wooden figure set fire to Baker beach in San Francisco, before evolving today’s worldwide event in the Nevada desert.