Burning Man festival-goer shows grim conditions after flooding chaos
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More chaos has unfolded at the Burning Man festival as revellers clashed during the exodus from the Nevada desert.
Attendees finally began leaving the city at Black Rock City on Monday afternoon after severe flooding and muddy conditions left thousands stranded over the weekend.
During the mass exodus, Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen said that attendees “lashed out” at each other as they faced an eight-hour wait to leave.
“As usually happens in what Burners refer to as the ‘default world’ people allow their emotions to override their reasonableness and they are lashing out at each other as they leave the playa and attempt to make it to their next destination,” he told the San Francisco Chronicle.
The man who died during the festival was also identified as 32-year-old Leon Reece. The exact cause and manner of Reece’s death are still pending but the Washoe County Medical Examiner’s Office said in a statement on Tuesday that drug intoxication was suspected.
Meanwhile, officials continue to field conspiracies including a debunked theory that the festival was hit with an Ebola outbreak.
The annual burning of the man went ahead on Monday evening, after being delayed by the weather.
Watch: Burning Man festival-goer shows grim conditions after flooding chaos
What’s it really like to survive nine days in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert?
In the dark hours of the morning, deep in the open desert, long-time “Burner” Stewie sits with his back to a flimsy orange plastic fence. Ski goggles perched on his head despite the lingering dust storm, he turns an embroidered badge over and over in his fingers. Bearing a map of where we are, it reads “EDGE OF THE KNOWN WORLD”.
Read more from Claire Dodd here.
ICYMI: Sheriff’s office names man who died at Burning Man
Authorities on Monday revealed the identity of the man who died at the Burning Man festival as thousands of attendees began their exodus from the northern Nevada desert following heavy rains.
The Pershing County sheriff’s office identified the man as 32-year-old Leon Reece.
Authorities received a call around 6.24pm (local time) on Friday about an unresponsive man on the ground at the ephemeral Black Rock City, sheriff Jerry Allen.
The man was being administered CPR by medical personnel at the festival as flooding on the playa due to heavy rains delayed the arrival of deputies.
By the time the deputies arrived, Reece was pronounced dead by the festival doctor, Sheriff Allen told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Burning Man 2023 was an undeniable disaster. But these conspiracy theories aren’t part of it
As 70,000 Burning Man festivalgoers were braving the elements, rumours of an Ebola outbreak reportedly sent panic through the desert city. It was yet another wild conspiracy theory created by bad actors on Elon Musk’s X.
Bevan Hurley reports:
In Photos: Burners leave this year’s festival
People wait in line for a bus to leave the Burning Man festival in Black Rock Desert, Nevada, USA, 04 September 2023
Vehicles are seen departing the Burning Man festival in Black Rock City, Nevada
Viral country star Oliver Anthony among those ‘trapped’ at Burning Man amid flooding chaos
Oliver Anthony, the country artist behind the viral hit “Rich Men North of Richmond”, is apparently among those stranded at Burning Man festival in Nevada.
Tom Murray reports:
Traffic moving 'smoothly’ out of Black Rock Desert
As of Tuesday morning Pacific Time, traffic out of the Black Rock Desert, where Burning Man attendees are leaving the nine-day festival, traffic is moving “smoothly”
Exodus time was approximately two to three hours at 10am PT.
Nevada sheriff bats away wild conspiracy theories about Burning Man
A local sheriff in Nevada has been forced to bat away wild conspiracy theories that continue to spread online about Burning Man.
A wave of misinformation spread across Black Rock City and online on X, formerly known as Twitter, and TikTok, as the site turned into a washout over the weekend.
One of the biggest false rumours was that there had been an Ebola outbreak at the festival, with some conspirators claiming there had been multiple deaths from the disease.
Pershing County Sherriff Jerry Allen pushed back at this rumour in a statement about the event on Monday.
“In consultation with the Bureau of Land Management and the Burning Man Project, there is no validity to any reports regarding an Ebola outbreak, or any other disease,” he said.
Watch: Burning Man attendees begin five mile exodus from desert site after flooded festival finishes
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