A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found dead lying in a pool of blood at the Burning Man festival on Saturday.

A festival attendee alerted authorities to the man around 9:15 p.m. local time Saturday, about the same time the giant "Man" effigy in the middle of the venue was starting to burn — the event, held on the second-to-last night of the gathering, which gives the annual arts and music festival its name.

When Pershing County Sheriff's Office deputies found the man, he was "obviously deceased," the sheriff's office said in a statement.

The sheriff's office said the victim, described as a White man, had not yet been identified, and his body was taken to the Washoe County Medical Examiner's Office.

The sheriff's office did not provide any information on a possible c

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