A death at the annual Burning Man festival in northern Nevada is being investigated as a homicide after a man was found in a "pool of blood" shortly before the event came to a close.

Officials in Pershing County said in a statement that the man, who has not been publicly identified, was discovered Saturday evening. Burning Man is an annual weeklong gathering in the Black Rock Desert, located around 100 miles east of Reno, in which thousands of participants build a temporary city and engage in a variety of art, performance and other expressive projects. The event culminates in the burning of a large wooden man-shaped statue.

The deceased person was found "at approximately 9:14 p.m., while the 'Man' was beginning to burn," the statement said. An attendee at the festival apparently "advised

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