Posted on 09/04/2017 3:26:36 AM PDT by equaviator
A Nevada sheriff says the man who ran into the flames at the Burning Man festivals signature burning ceremony has died.
Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen says the man ran through a human-chain of security officers at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 2) during the Man Burn event at the counter-culture festival.
The sheriff says the man was rescued by firefighters and later died at the UC Davis hospital burn center in California.
About 70,000 people are attending the art and music celebration in the Black Rock Desert, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) north of Reno.
The nine-day event culminates with the burning of a towering 40-foot effigy made of wood. Attendees have tried to run into the flames as a symbol of rebirth.
Festival organizers didnt immediately respond when asked for comment.
The nine-day festival in northern Nevada was briefly hampered when a lightning-sparked wildfire temporarily shut down Burning Mans main travel route last week.
The 138-square-mile (359-square-kilometer) wildfire is now 28 percent contained.
Burning Man ends Monday.
Did the hippie dreadlocks gave it away?
Lol. Good point.
It’s a start. Now when are you going to begin showing a little compassion toward the murder victims of your boy Putin? Or at least, stop kissing the SOB’s butt every chance you get.
Perhaps he constructed ‘houses’ from discarded cardboard for the homeless?
Yes, I agree, he sure didn’t seem like the standard construction worker type. If anything, I suspect a basic laborer, or go-fer.
(At least he died doing what he loved best!)
How does one love “best” going out in a blaze of glory? You only get one try at going out in a blaze of glory...After that there’s nothing else left to try!
Burning Man is a status thing, a hipsters Woodstock.
“Look at me. I make enough money to take a week off from work, rent a motor home, and partay in the dessert.”
It is a place of eternal torment for those who do not trust in the saving work of Jesus Christ.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. 6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely. 7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. (Revelation 21:5-8)
Many corporations have a Burning Man event. Private luxury quarters, hosted restricted events, retreat type training, etc.
I bet there are a lot of executives re-thinking this today.
I wonder if there was ever a point where he thought “Damn, I screwed up.”?
Good old paganism. These people will be into human sacrifice if they aren’t watched closely. Some of them probably are already. Lots of people disappear every day.
Nothing Else left to FRY!
SOME PEOPLE JUST WANT TO WATCH THE WORLD BURN!
Or the Gators' Offensive Line.
Is there any doubt the man was a registered Democrat
Is there any doubt the man was a registered Democrat
Is there any doubt the man was a registered Democrat
Good sound track for today !
I saw that and could not believe they bothered to fish him out of there.
This is what Kim Jong Un wants for all of us BTW.
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