The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/08/31/man-found-dead-in-possible-homicide-during-the-burning-of-the-man-saturday-night-in-black-rock-city/A death at Burning Man on Saturday night is being investigated as a homicide after a man was found in a pool of blood at a camp in Black Rock City, during the ritual burning of the Man. The Pershing County Sheriff's Office announced Sunday that they had found a deceased man Saturday night around 9:14 pm, just as the annual burning of the Man effigy began on the playa. According to a release, an individual flagged down a sheriff's deputy and pointed them to a camp where a male was found in a pool of blood, per the Chronicle. "Pershing County Sheriff Office deputies and the Bureau of Land Management immediately responded to t

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