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[–] FunkyStuff@hexbear.net 63 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Disco Elysium but it's written by ancaps

[–] RNAi@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago
[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

youre telling me somebody died at the "lets burn a giant effigy of a man based on supposed human sacrifice" event and they didn't even try to put the corpse in the purpose-built crematorium at the festival?

[–] Arahnya@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It must be kinda hard to do since there are presumably fire keepers around at all times? But idk I did hear things got out of hand a few years 🤔

[–] PapaEmeritusIII@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago

fire keepers

bonfire

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's on Paiute land, and they ask that we don't burn any human remains. Lots of people leave stuff at the temple to honor people in their lives who have died, but we draw the line at ashes or any other remains.

[–] Euergetes@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago

i assume whatever produced this corpse was not a sanctioned activity by the event

[–] sleeplessone@lemmy.ml 42 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] BountifulEggnog@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago

That one's up north

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 37 points 1 week ago

Kinda weird someone doesnt get killed every year. A bunch of random weirdos doing drugs usually results in at least one serious crime being committed.

[–] Rom@hexbear.net 33 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 21 points 1 week ago

looking into it

[–] sexywheat@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

this year, a dust storm tore temporary structures away, including one named the “orgy dome”.

internet-delenda-est

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago

Given how often people go, it's surprising how unprepared people are for high winds or storms (me included, but I'm broke).

[–] BadTakesHaver@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago

good luck solving that one

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 26 points 1 week ago

Good luck with that.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago

Ebola claimed it's first victim?

[–] CountryBreakfast@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 1 week ago

The festival should never have been tolerated.

[–] pierre_delecto@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago

Could be a hemorrhagic fever?

[–] tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 14 points 1 week ago

Life was created and life was taken.

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago
[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

partying too hard is a homicide now?

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

This was pretty fucked up, and nothing like this has ever happened before. I was in a leadership position when this went down, and a lot of our volunteers who were responsible for holding a perimeter on the initial scene were (understandably) pretty upset when they found out what they'd been holding the perimeter for. As they move off playa, we're working on getting them post-incident counseling.

As of now, the victim is still unidentified. We're seeking information about anyone matching the description who has been missing since that date, but so far no dice. It was a bad scene all around, both for our volunteers and the participants who initially found the body (as well as for the victim himself of course). Nothing like this has ever happened before; we have the (very very occasional) death, but never a homicide.