Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was found dead in a 'pool of blood' at the iconic Burning Man festival in Nevada over Labor Day weekend.
The Pershing County Sheriff's Office was notified by a person who discovered the man around 9.15pm on Saturday as the festival's 'Man' effigy began to burn, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Sheriff Jerry Allen said his deputies and Bureau of Land Management rangers found a man 'obviously deceased' at the campsite.
'Pershing County Sheriff Office deputies and the Bureau of Land Management immediately responded to the campsite and found a single white adult male lying on the ground, obviously deceased,' the sheriff's said.
Authorities established a perimeter around the campsite and secured the scene as they launched a homicide investigation.
