PERSHING COUNTY, Nev. —

Authorities are investigating after a man was found dead at Burning Man in the Nevada desert over the weekend.

The Pershing County Sheriff’s Office said an event participant flagged down a deputy Saturday at 9:14 p.m. while the festival's iconic wooden effigy of a man was being burned. This content is imported from Facebook. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.

The deputy was “advised of a male subject lying in a pool of blood.”

Pershing County deputies and Bureau of Land Management rangers found the body of the man on the ground and then created a perimeter around the area. This content is imported from Facebook. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or

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