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 festival’s 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 didn’t 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 Man’s main travel route last week.
The 138-square-mile (359-square-kilometer) wildfire is now 28 percent contained.
Burning Man ends Monday.
If that was his idea of partying then he never really learned how to party.
Democrat voter rolls will not be affected.
<>Probably voting absentee.
Not any more apparently. Vote that is....
It's a requirement.
mad_as_he$$ said: Go past Thunderdome and make a left.
“we’re not banning Burning Man.”
Well then, somebody else should ban it.
Don’t let libs off the hook next time they make fun of NASCAR and the violent crashes, they are convinced we want to see...libs want now to see burning people at their pagan festival.
“I wonder if festival attendees found this satisfying.”
It was an “experience”, man!
Uh, "Burning man" perhaps?
Darwin Award?
Actually BM reimburses much - not all - of the costs. Unlike many other lib events.
http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2015/07/14/burning-man-pay-washoe-sheriff-added-patrols/30153343/
Old article but I understand the practice still goes on. Pershing County where the event actually occurs has had some disputes with BM. Pershing County is a county in the U.S. state of Nevada. As of the 2010 census, the population was 6,753 including OJ Simpson. So 70,000 burners is a very large increase of the population - to put it mildly.
Goddess Gaia was not satisfied with this somewhat human sacrifice.
+1. ;-)
Well then, somebody else should ban it.
Why not simply post a sign warning folks that jumping into the burning fire can pose serious health risks.
Didn’t someone do that last year?
What a lame progression of their beliefs. They did that back then but now they just give money to Democrat candidates like Al Gore.
“It’s one of their all-time lows. How they gonna beat that, with yet another “Woodstock”?
Hippie rockfests which result in actual deaths are “Altamonts”.
Fire probably seared the lungs of this cultural-appropriation Toker.
I repeat: "There is no smoke that is good for you".
“Why not simply post a sign warning folks that jumping into the burning fire can pose serious health risks.”
But, but...Isn’t the risk worth the reward?
There were deaths at Woodstock and certainly violence from the militant Left (who despite extorting $20,000+ from the promoters still revolted and spread bad karma on the underground).
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.