The year was 1996 and the theme was Dante's Inferno/HeLLCo. A shit ton more happened that year. Where do we even begin? Do you want the short version (above) or the long version (below)?
The short version is from Chuck Cirino's WeirdTV. The long version is a playlist of 22 videos by PuzzlingEvidenceTV of which the 11 focus solely on HeLLCo including footage of events leading up to Burning Man that year.
"1996 was the year Burning Man went over the edge: too many people for the infrastructure, too many gawkers, too many cars, too many arrests, too many heartbreaks," said Stuart Mangrum, former director of communications for the Black Rock City LLC. "After years of beating the odds, we got our asses whipped, and we did it to ourselves."
Factoids:
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| Artist Michael Fury dies @ Burning Man '96 |
- The Man is 48' (some say 50') tall. It is the first year it is elevated on a platform of hay bales.
- Black Rock City's first fatality: four days before the event opens, artist Michael Fury is killed in a motorcycle accident.
- Three critical injuries occur when a man high on multiple drugs ran his car over a tent in the middle of the night.
- Injury claims forces liability coverage up by a factor of 6.
- 10 of 16 BLM stipulations violated, putting BM on probationary status for next year.
- Burning Man is featured in Wired magazine.
- Guns are banned in Center Camp.
- Neon smiley appears in the Burning Man effigy for less than a minute.
- Attendance: 8,000
- Theme camps 130+
- Tickets: $35
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