Even though Burning Man has become an event for more than 70,000 people, Burning Man at one point was much smaller. In fact, one of the roots of the annual event began as a bonfire ritual back in 1986. In 1990, a separate event was planned by Kevin Evans and John Law on the remote Black Rock Desert in Nevada.
At the time of the video above, Burning Man was a 5-day event that hosted roughly 10,000 festival goers. The festival founders can be heard talking about their concert of the ratio of creators and participants.
Watch the full ABC special above.
