Playa Suicide
A Burning Man participant was found dead this morning, hanging from the inside of a two-story high tent, according to Mark Pirtle, special agent in charge for the Bureau of Land Management.
The apparent suicide would be the festival's first in its 21 year history, Pirtle said.
Pershing County coroners are investigating the scene and preparing to remove the body. Pirtle said the man was hanging for two hours before anyone in the large tent thought to bring him down. "His friends thought he was doing an art piece," Pirtle said.
A makeshift morgue is being set up at the law enforcement command center on the outskirts of Black Rock City. Pirtle said authorities can not release information on the dead man's name until next of kin is notified.
The incident has gone unnoticed by most of the 36,000 revelers who have already arrived. The city's population is on pace to hit 46,000, Pirtle said, a fourteen percent increase from last year.
Holy crap. An "art piece."
A Burning Man participant was found dead this morning, hanging from the inside of a two-story high tent, according to Mark Pirtle, special agent in charge for the Bureau of Land Management.
The apparent suicide would be the festival's first in its 21 year history, Pirtle said.
Pershing County coroners are investigating the scene and preparing to remove the body. Pirtle said the man was hanging for two hours before anyone in the large tent thought to bring him down. "His friends thought he was doing an art piece," Pirtle said.
A makeshift morgue is being set up at the law enforcement command center on the outskirts of Black Rock City. Pirtle said authorities can not release information on the dead man's name until next of kin is notified.
The incident has gone unnoticed by most of the 36,000 revelers who have already arrived. The city's population is on pace to hit 46,000, Pirtle said, a fourteen percent increase from last year.
Holy crap. An "art piece."
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Thu, August 30, 2007 - 8:33 PMAn art piece. How sad. For humanity.
Can we quarantine these idiots so they can't come back?
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Thu, August 30, 2007 - 8:35 PM<<Can we quarantine these idiots so they can't come back?>>
If we work fast we can get the fence built before Sunday .... -
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Thu, August 30, 2007 - 8:42 PM>>>If we work fast we can get the fence built before Sunday ....<<<
freaking hilarious. let's wall the fucks in!
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Thu, August 30, 2007 - 8:33 PMman if this ends up being related to the early burn i will throw up.
otherwise, i have to give it to the guy- if you're so upset by your friends etc that you are going to off yourself, do it when it can ruin their good time
and at least the fucks who let this guy get that down are feeling it now....
thought he was doing an art piece.
nice going you selfish fucks. good friends this guy had -
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Thu, August 30, 2007 - 8:45 PMI hope he got one of them to pay for his ticket, too....just to rub it in. -
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Fri, August 31, 2007 - 6:57 AM...That's why I say, hey man nice knot.
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Fri, August 31, 2007 - 8:42 AM"I went to Burning Man and all I got was this lousy corpse." -
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Fri, August 31, 2007 - 12:03 PM
Quote from someone on Gawker:
"They said they they thought it was an art piece.They where really just waiting to see who would get his rad flip flops well they fell off his feet... Sorta like catching a bouquet"
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Fri, August 31, 2007 - 12:15 PMcheck out the bm tribe, those maroons are priceless
>>>For the fact that BM attendees are generally considered being "awake" and "aware" individuals, there sure is a lot of blindness<<<
what??
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Fri, August 31, 2007 - 3:01 PMWonder who caught the bowel release?
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Re: BM suicide
Fri, August 31, 2007 - 3:46 PMThe ultimate BM experience, indeed.
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Re: BM suicide
Fri, August 31, 2007 - 10:14 PMThat's probably when they thought that something was amiss ...
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Fri, August 31, 2007 - 8:43 AMLadies, stay clear of 2008 BM's Rape Camp. -
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Re: BM suicide
Sat, September 1, 2007 - 4:55 AM
>> re: BM's Rape stats/casualties/offenses/etc.
I'm sure I'm not alone when I say . . .
THIS is a subject rarely talked about, so pleeeeez --
Shed some light 'cuz this is a sirrius issue that should NOT be kept in da Dark!
I know quite a few Burners but they've never spoken of these atrocities.
I don't care to know details, BUT --
I'd like to be aware & able to inform others who plan to attend (esp. females).
~~ THNX ~~
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Sat, September 1, 2007 - 1:23 PMI know of one man who was drugged at BM at woke up with puncture wounds in his anus that required him going to the hospital and staying....the wounds had to be made with a metal object of some sort....
I know of women who were molested in the massage tent of the "Heebee geebee Healers" by a guy and they took him to court...
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Sat, September 1, 2007 - 10:45 PMWho knew that BRC stood for BURNING RAPE CITY
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BM suicide J.O.K.E.
Sun, September 2, 2007 - 12:11 AMSuicide ? I know humans get killed almost every year at Burning Turd, usally by " accident " but
now they are volenteering to do themselves in besides partying in an environment
that's trying to kill them ?! Darwin in action...
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