Thousands run with the bulls in Dinwiddie

Richmond Times-Dispatch ^ | Aug 24, 2013 | PETER BACQUÉ

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Thousands ran with the bulls at the Great Bull Run in Dinwiddie County on Saturday, and thousands more watched them run — bumping, stumbling, jostling, jumping — with the big animals.

“I was with them the whole time,” said Dan Velker, 43, an adventure-seeking business owner from Elkton, near Harrisonburg. “Running near a 1,500-pound bull is what makes it exciting.”

Lining a quarter-mile-long dirt track at Virginia Motorsports Park, eight groups of 500 people at a time raced ahead, around and behind a dozen bulls stampeding down the fence-bordered course.

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While taking part in Pamplona’s running is free, the 4,000 men and women participating in the Virginia bull run paid from $60 to $75 for the privilege of dodging the horned doggies.

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P. T. Barnum was right.

[Thanks to Gefn fo the link!]

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I think that this running is more their speed.

[Darksheare]

Woodchucks.
Dire Lemming rampager.

[metmom]

Real exciting.....

[GeronL]

Now we know what Dimwit-le was named for

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Think of it as evolution in action.

[Mike Darancette]

Basque bandanas and backward baseball caps. Idiots.

[metmom]

There is just no end to the amount of stupid going around, is there?

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Idiots.

That's right!

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Vorpal bunnies!

[fella]

Looks and sounds like a good time was had by all with one exception.

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*snort* Papalona-Lite.

[Salamander]

Let this be the last time somebody asks “what good are “pitbulls”?”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoDnrPH5XXI

This is why.

To save people from being killed by bulls.

How hard is that?

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Good dog!

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I think if I had a bull's horn shoved into my belly deep enough to reach my chest cavity, I'd drop my cell phone and use both hands.

But that's just me...

[AnotherUnixGeek]

I’m not going to wish harm on some simps looking for thrills, but in this case it’s hard not to root for the bulls. Absolutely idiotic.

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Every species needs occasional culling, and I’m not talking about the bulls.

[Salamander]

“But then a dog came out of nowhere and saved me”

“Nowhere”?

Really?

Incredible dog.

One of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen.

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Once when I was throwing the ball for my JRT on a campus quad, another loose dog ran over to a student, latched on to his (carried) sweater, and started playing tug-of-war. Janey ran over, chased the second dog off, and then came back as if nothing had happened. Some dogs are born protectors.