Police are treating the death of a man at the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert on Saturday as a suspected homicide.

The man, described as a white adult, was discovered “lying in a pool of blood” and “obviously deceased” shortly after 9 p.m. Saturday, according to the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office. A statement posted by authorities said a Deputy was alerted to the body by a festivalgoer.

The body was discovered around the time the wooden Man effigy was in the process of being burned down. As part of a festival ritual, the 100-foot tall wooden Man burns each year on the Saturday night before Labor Day, followed by the Temple burn.

Officials created a perimeter around the area to investigate the crime scene, with a “heavy law enforcement presence” in place. Burning Man 2025 is

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