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Too long. Give me the ten peso version.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/m...184940681.html
Man dies after rushing into Burning Man festival flames
Associated Press • Sally Ho, Associated Press • 2 hours 53 minutes ago
A man rushed past layers of security officers into a massive fire at the Burning Man festival's signature ceremony, suffering burns that left him dead just hours later.
Authorities are investigating the death of Aaron Joel Mitc , 41, who broke through a two-layer security perimeter during the Man Burn event in which a giant, wooden effigy is set ablaze.
Nevada's Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen estimated that there was a crowd of about 50,000 people who were present when the festival's crew of firefighters pulled Mitc out of the blaze. He was airlifted to the UC Davis hospital burn center in California, where he died Sunday morning. The sheriff said doctors confirmed Mitc wasn't under the influence of alcohol, but a toxicology report is pending.
"We don't know if it was intentional on his part or if it was just kind of induced by drugs. We're not sure of that yet," Allen said.
Mitc was a U.S. citizen who had a home in Oklahoma but apparently was living in Switzerland with his wife, the sheriff's office said.
Burning Man said in a statement that they had cancelled burns through noon Sunday but would go ahead with the 8 p.m. temple burn, another signature event that signals the end of the nine-day festival. More than 70,000 people are attending the art and music celebration in the Black Rock Desert, about 100 miles (161 kilometers) north of Reno.
Organizers are also offering emotional support counseling on site, saying in a statement: "Now is a time for closeness, contact and community. Trauma needs processing. Promote calls, hugs, self-care, check-ins, and sleep."
The festival culminates with the burning of a towering 40-foot effigy made of wood, a symbol of rebirth, which usually happens the Saturday before the Labor Day holiday. It's followed by the burning of a temple on Sunday before the festivities wrap up Monday.
Attempts to rescue Mitc were hampered because part of the structure was falling while they were trying to get Mitc out of it, the sheriff's office said.
"Rescuers had to leave him to allow the structure to fall and provide for rescuer safety before they could go back into the flames to extract Aaron from the debris," the sheriff's office said in a statement.
Investigators are having a hard time getting information as festival-goers leave the site for their homes, the law enforcement agency said.
Attendees have tried before to run into the flames while the man is burning and there have been reported injuries from people trying to get a piece of the spectacle as a token and going through the hot coals. Allen said it's a problem that the organizers have tried to contain by having their own rangers stage a human-chain to prevent people from getting to the fire. Allen said that this is the first time someone has gotten through like this and the only fatality that he's aware of in his 15 years with the county.
"People try to run into the fire as part of their spiritual portion of Burning Man," Allen said. "The significance of the man burning, it's just kind of a rebirth, they burn the man to the ground, a new chapter has started. It's part of their tenets of radical self-expression."
Known for eclectic artwork, offbeat theme camps, concerts and other entertainment, Burning Man began in San Francisco before moving to Nevada in 1990. Over the years as the event grew in popularity, deaths and crime have been reported, ranging from car crashes to drug use.
In 2014, a man in Utah died by jumping into a huge ceremonial bonfire in an event that was similar to Burning Man. It was investigated as a suicide.
Too long. Give me the ten peso version.
an idiot jumped in a fire and died
Lsd is great... that dude was probably on that bunk ic-whatever-its-called alternative.
Hmmm yeah, it's like news agencies should just put something at the top of the story that gives you a basic idea of what the story is about. Just a quick line at the head of the article.....they could call it a headline. That would be so cool
Relax, just messing around.
Great festival.
Just burning wood.
I did that.
As an eight year old.
But usually had some marshmallows and chocolate.
Cmon everyone, gather around the wall of fireeeeee.. what?
I said "gather" dammit.
Attendees have tried to run into the wall of flames before... .???
Can we get festive without running into flames?
How about a water theme. Everyone watch your neighbor in case they try to drown themselves in the 32 ounce cup o water we offer at this event. No containers over 1 foot deep allowed. No sticking your face in a puddle formed during the popular rain dance bringa us water now.
Good god....
My friend did so much acid that he basically fried his brain. He's still semi-smart; but he was really sharp, quick-witted and reasonably motivated. He basically is mostly the opposite of that now; not sure he can even hold down a job, honestly.
See, this is "triggered", you twit.
Any of u nigas gone to burning man?
I was considering it. Looks cool
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See, this is "triggered", you twit.
snowflakeforumfollowing.exe fully functional as well
copyschtick.exe only partially functional before crashing
So this is the new schtick to come up with some dumb word and add .exe on it as if you're executing a program huh? Copy&paste took more wits.
Anyhow, doubt yall know what real lsd is anyhow.
1. Yes, it's his new meal ticket. Funnier than Trevor Noah, tbh.
Explains the calf tats, eh?
Not at all. Got my tattoos way later in life than when i was having fun with acid. The ******** thing is something yall been on for yrs.. played out like this forum and yalls fake ass glamorpus lives.
LOL, anger aimed at the wrong person, bub. I've had this account for about 10 years and only started posting about a year ago, so, those stereotypes are the prototypical ST lifer...not me. I dont put my personal life out there like you did with the calf tats.
we cant even say ing now?
Nevermind. Why is easy trigger censoring himself?
Lol i didnt censor anything bub.
I personally never felt the urge to run into an inferno when I was frying balls on acid, tbh
It's great. I think the festival should be about people running into the flames. Get as many as you can who want to do it, and haul ass.
The calf tat thing caught on so much (top 10 meltdown in ST history) that the site owners decided to censor calf_tats when it's written as one word.
I never wanted to do anything but sit and draw with ballpoint pin whilr tripping on acid. Shrooms were always a more fun experience for me. Stopped lsd after smoking some synthetic opium while on a bad black pyramid trip. No bueno. Just remember spending a long time staring at the giant Walmart smiley face logo trampoline at the Jones Maltsberger one and thinking it was melting.
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