Posted on 07/07/2009 5:28:55 AM PDT by Abathar
PAMPLONA, Spain – Thrill-seekers sprinted through Pamplona in a swift and relatively clean start to the running of the bulls.
No one was gored on Tuesday, but four people were hospitalized with bumps, bruises or scrapes, Spanish Red Cross spokesman Jose Aldaba said.
"I feared for my life. It was pretty intense," said 23-year-old runner Mark Kowalski of Edmonton, Alberta.
The six fighting bulls and six bell-tinkling steers — meant to keep them in a tight pack — charged down the 850 meter (930-yard) course from a holding pen to the northern town's bull ring.
Runners, wearing traditional white clothing and red kerchiefs around their necks, tripped over each other or fell after getting bumped by bulls or steers, but apparently no one was seriously trampled. One man went down about midcourse and half a dozen animals raced over him, but he was able later to get up and walk away.
At another point, a bull slipped and fell on the cobblestone street and landed atop a runner. Some of the daredevils rested their hands on the bulls, a gesture considered disrespectful to the animals.
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Cheer for the bulls to WIN, I need more coffee...
I didn't think steers had any bells to tinkle.
There are some problems with this story, unless one of those bulls have horns on his ass then there are more than six of them too.
The reporter's ignorance. Tinkle bells are removed, thus making them steers.
I think of “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson every time I see footage from Pamploma.
“This is the way we’ve always done it......”
Except in this case, the video footage is hysterical!
There’s nothing like a good Idiot race to start the day with a laugh.
Maybe it was a typo and the steers are now tinkerbells.
Cheers for the bulls!
How about running of the jews.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qaPoin-M6k
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