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The Burning Man festival finally lives up to its name. There's a high likelihood that this guy was whacked out on drugs.Man dies at Burning Man arts and music festival after running into flames
Authorities investigate death of Aaron Joel Mitchell, 41, who broke through two-layer security perimeter; a toxicology report is pending
The story of a man who ran into a burning effigy and died of third degree burns on 97% of his body, cardiac arrest and shock. Reminds me of one member who used to be here that thought of self-immolating.
Toxicology reported nothing in him at the time of death. If you Google his name, you can read other articles from his friends that were there with him during the event. I found it kind of messed up that they took his phone after he went to bed early and took selfies of themselves having a good time without him. They said he took the same phone with him when he ran into the fire.
That's fucked up, it's like they were rubbing it in his face. Maybe that was just the last straw for him. I feel like most people are on edge and it doesn't take much to set someone off, especially nowadays.
They continued it, they had 2 human chains of burly security guards around the effigy, but that dude was able to break free from their grasp. A few years before that, a drunk driver killed a woman by running over her tent.
That's a lot of willpower, the torment he must have gone through to be able to do it must have been unimaginable.
