A man who was attending the music festival Burning Man was reportedly found in a “pool of blood” on Saturday night, sparking police to launch a murder investigation.

The body of the Burning Man attendee was found “lying in a pool of blood” while a giant human-shaped wooden effigy was lit on fire at the music festival in Black Rock City, Nevada, authorities said, according to a report by New York Post.

Another festival attendee found the body at around 9:00 p.m. on Saturday and alerted a sheriff’s deputy, saying they spotted “a male subject lying in a pool of blood,” the Pershing County Sheriff’s Office reportedly said.

Authorities, who are now investigating the death as a murder, noted that the man was pronounced dead on the scene. His body has been taken to the Washoe County Medical

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