Burning man suffers first ever suicide - hanging body mistaken for art piece
A Burning Man participant was found dead this morning, hanging from the inside of a two-story high tent, according to Mark Pirtle, special agent in charge for the Bureau of Land Managment.
The apparent suicide would be the festival's first in its 21 year history, Pirtle said.
Pershing County coroners are investigating the scene and preparing to remove the body. Pirtle said the man was hanging for two hours before anyone in the large tent thought to bring him down. "His friends thought he was doing an art piece," Pirtle said.
A makeshift morgue is being set up at the law enforcment command center on the outskirts of Black Rock City. Pirtle said authorities can not release information on the dead mana's name until next of kin is notified.
The incident has gone unnoticed by most of the 36,000 revlers who have already arrived. The city's population is on pace to hit 46,000, Pirtle said, a fourteen percent increase from last year.
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