Burning Man 2025 was marred by monsoonal storms, windstorms and a grisly murder.
A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found dead in a pool of blood at Burning Man last Saturday night.
Tens of thousands of ‘Burners’ flocked to the Nevada desert this year to engage in debauchery.
Burning Man is a yearly drug-infested music and art festival in Northern Nevada, in Black Rock City. Attendees engage in sexually degenerate activities such as “whippings by a dominatrix priestess,” “circle jerks,” “c*ck fights” and orgies.
The man murdered at Burning Man this year was identified as a 37-year-old Russian man named Vadim Kruglov. His throat was slashed by a large blade. The suspect is still at large.
TMZ reported:
The dead guy found at this year’s Burning Man had a large wound to his throat … the slash was from a knife, and the blade was recovered at the scene.
Our sources tell us the knife is being forensically examined … and law enforcement is also going through a phone that was found near the body.
We’re told Vadim Kruglov’s dead body was found inside a tent pavilion structure near a makeshift bar Saturday night … lying in a pool of blood.
Because the death was ruled a homicide, our sources say police got a warrant before entering the tent pavilion … there was a chance the area could be deemed a dwelling, and cops felt it prudent to err on the side of caution, at least from a legal standpoint.
Last week a wicked dust storm kicked up on the first day of the festival this year and it ruined camp sites. Winds reached more than 45 miles per hour, according to a spokesperson for Burning Man.
The Orgy Dome was also completely destroyed by the windstorm.
Video posted to X shows camp sites being blown away by the strong winds.
WATCH:
Burning Man. Day 0.
Worst Storm in history.
Let’s fucking go! pic.twitter.com/dDPrpNsq77— Simba Khela (@MTCryptoSim) August 25, 2025
Just one day after the windstorm, a monsoonal thunderstorm moved over the playa.
Burning man turned into a muddy hellhole.
Video courtesy of X user TrueBurningReality:
BURNING MAN 2025 – Tuesday August 26, 2025 645pm. We have water on playa. Heavy rain, wind, lightning and thunder but no dust!!!! Lots of rain. Wait till you see the lighting in the video! Illumination village @ 2 and Esplanade #burningman #swimmingman2025 #burningman2025… pic.twitter.com/RTEksmwBim
— TrueBurningReality (@TrueBurnreality) August 27, 2025