Beached jeep show how nobody could have escaped Burning Man


If you want to stop something burning, douse it with water. That’s what the Black Rock City Nevada desert weather Gods tried during this year’s Burning Man festival.


The weeklong celebration of music, arts, and community, held on a dried-up lake bed was rudely interrupted on Friday by up to an inch of rainfall – three times the region’s average monthly precipitation – leaving over 70,000 people stranded in an impassable bowl of water and mud. Reportedly, one person died during the festival, although authorities claim the weather was not a factor.

Burning Man Festival descends into chaos as one person DIES at flooded festival after officials closed gates, 'trapping' 73,000 revelers in hypothermic conditions - and told them to conserve water and food. 

Festival officials quickly postponed events, and issued a shelter-in-place directive, warning that any vehicles attempting to exit the festival would get stuck. “We have found that ONLY 4WD vehicles with all-terrain tires are currently able to move. Anything less than that will get stuck,” they wrote on the

Despite the damp ground, the rain didn’t dampen the spirits of roughly 70,000 people who stayed for the festival’s final ceremony.

The final burn at Burning Man 2023. The remaining people who waited in out in the muck gathered around to watch the man burn

The rain provided an amazing opportunity to walk, to move more slowly, to connect with people who you may not have,” one attendee, Donovan McGrath said. “There were many silver linings.”


Eventually, festival goers – who paid on average between $1,000 and $10,000 for the experience according to SFGATE – were allowed to leave on Monday. The result was a desert traffic jam for the ages. Celebrities like Diplo and Chris Rock allegedly walked five miles through the sloppy mud to hitch a ride out of the mud bowl.


From conspiracy theorists alleging government weather tampering, to religious extremists claiming divine intervention against a “pagan” festival, this year’s Burning Man festival will forever be remembered as the one that was almost washed away.


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