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Old 09-03-2017, 09:46 PM
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Festival Goer Leaps into the Flames of a Burning Effigy

A man rescued from the flames at the Burning Man festival’s signature burning of a towering effigy has died after being airlifted to a hospital.

Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen said the man ran through a human-chain of security officers at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday during the Man Burn event at the counter-culture festival.

The sheriff said the man was rescued by firefighters and later died at the UC Davis hospital burn center in California.

He has been identified as*Aaron Joel Mitchell, 41, who grew up in McAlester, Oklahoma but was living in*Switzerland, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal.

More than 70,000 people are enjoying the art and music celebration in the Black Rock Desert, about 100 miles north of Reno.

The nine-day event culminates with the burning of a towering 40-foot effigy made of wood. Attendees have tried to run into the flames as a symbol of rebirth.

Festival organizers didn’t immediately respond when asked for comment.

The nine-day festival in northern Nevada was briefly hampered when a lightning-sparked wildfire temporarily shut down Burning Man’s main travel route last week.
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Re: Festival Goer Leaps into the Flames of a Burning Effigy

Real clever, Aaron. Burning Man. Ha ha
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Re: Festival Goer Leaps into the Flames of a Burning Effigy

Why am I not surprised.

What a horrible way to die. I want to laugh but then I feel guilty before I even start. It's depressing, really.
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Re: Festival Goer Leaps into the Flames of a Burning Effigy

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Why am I not surprised.

What a horrible way to die. I want to laugh but then I feel guilty before I even start. It's depressing, really.
Why? Do YOU somehow feel responsible for this fool's errand? Who in their right mind would do such a thing as run through fire? And just as important; why do YOU feel depressed?

The world is full of idiots like this guy WAS.

While babies, children, and young mothers are struggling to survive this one privileged idiot decides to do a very foolish thing and thus removes his self from the world.

A plus in my book!

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Poor life altering decision.
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Re: Festival Goer Leaps into the Flames of a Burning Effigy

Most likely drugged out of his tiny mind.
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Re: Festival Goer Leaps into the Flames of a Burning Effigy

American gore. Sweet.
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Re: Festival Goer Leaps into the Flames of a Burning Effigy

Meh... What a fuck head. Probably going to ruin the next burning man.
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Re: Festival Goer Leaps into the Flames of a Burning Effigy

My first thought when I saw this in the news this morning was that they'd somehow got recycled an old story. Didn't this happen a year or two ago as well?
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