A perceived pagan worship event that’s set to kick off in the coming days has just been hit with a massive infestation of insects, surprising participants and organizers who say the bugs could very well pose a health hazard to festival-goers.
The event, the Burning Man, is an annual affair in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, that last year, drew 68,000. Its website touts its 10 main principles, as espoused by co-founder Larry Harvey in 2004.
“The reality of the Burning Man is much closer to worship of the gods of the underworld than it is to Woodstock,” wrote one blogger, at the Now the End Begins website. “Every manner of perversion and occultic practice is on open display during the annual Labor Day weekend extravaganza. This is Old Testament Bali worship on overdrive.”...