On Saturday night at Burning Man, an annual festival that draws nearly 80,000 people to the desert in Nevada, an “obviously deceased man” was found lying in a pool of blood while the “Man” began to burn, police say. Since then, authorities have launched a homicide investigation. While police say the act appeared to be a “singular crime,” many details remain unknown, such as the identity of the deceased person. Authorities anticipate a difficult investigation ahead due to the unique conditions of the festival.

“The Burning Man Festival is like no other ‘city’ in Northern Nevada; it makes numerous investigations more difficult due to its transient and temporary nature,” Pershing County Sheriff Jerry Allen told Salon via email. “The very uniqueness of the ‘city’ is it is only fully active fo

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