A “psychotic guy” who “grabbed” a woman at Burning Man immediately wished he hadn’t as he was tackled to the ground and rolled up in a blanket.
Cops and paramedics rushed to the scene, according to one Burner who “shoved” the attacker off of his female friend and “threw” him to the ground, holding him down until help arrived.
Seasoned festival-goer Arram Sabeti, who’s been attending Burning Man for 10 plus years, said the attack was like nothing he’d ever seen before as the assailant screamed “I’m literally the man” over and over.
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Arram said while he was “a bit shook” afterwards, he knew he had to defend someone he cared about. “Got into a fight for the first time at Burning Man,” he revealed on X.
“I was saying goodnight to a woman I was with when a psychotic guy shouting nonsense walked up and grabbed her. I shoved him off, threw him to the ground and held him until a ranger came, which to their credit was within ten seconds.
“There were 20 cops, paramedics, and rangers there within a few minutes. All the while he was shouting how he was ‘literally the man’. Six guys rolled him in a blanket and held him down while the paramedics sedated him and drove him to jail.
“I’ve been to the burn ten plus years and I’ve never seen anything like it, much less been involved in anything like it. I was a bit shook afterward, but there was something primally satisfying in defending someone I care about.”
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Arram posted a photo and video alongside his post, which shows paramedics and cops flooding the area and the attacker being pinned down on the ground before being sedated.
The Daily Star previously reported that huge dust storm took hold at Burning Man as revellers were exiting the infamous Black Rock City camp on Monday.
Guests were already facing delays of up to five hours as the 70,000 festival-goers made the mass exodus out of the Nevada desert while sitting in their own waste.
But further reports suggested a raging dust storm made the revellers’ escape even harder, with one person even saying they were unable to see their hand in front of their face as the dust battered the desert.
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“In the middle of a dust storm while in the exodus line at Burning Man,” wrote one Burner. “Can’t really see my hand in front of our face and covered in dust.”
An SFGate reporter who rocked up to the leaving day of the festival to watch the commuting chaos reiterated the raging dust storm and added “we could barely see five feet in any direction”.
“We soon lost our bearings, and the wind blew so hard at times that flying specks of dust stung our bare legs,” wrote Ashley Harrell. “There were instances where the dust seemed to hover in the air and we could barely see 5 feet in any direction.
“Then a gust of wind would rip through, blowing all the dust away at high speeds. The storm had started during the temple burn on Sunday night, and showed no signs of abating.” Read the full story here.
The Nevada desert is also now littered with rubbish after guests dumped their stuff and rushed out of the site. The festival’s rich list are said to have abandoned ship by “flying off in private jets” while the more hard-up revellers “sat in their own poo” in hours-long queues. Read the full story here.
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