Free Paul Addis

Free Paul Addis

photo by Scott Beale

The ghost of Paul Addis, the man who attempted to burn down the Burning Man sculpture in 2007, still haunts Burning Man, as evidenced by this stencil art on the ground outside the back entrance Burning Man’s soon-to-be-former offices in San Francisco.

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.