PAMPLONA, Spain — Spain's largest fighting bulls lived up to their fearsome reputation, goring two and crushing at least seven people as thousands of daredevils sprinted down narrow streets Sunday in Pamplona's annual running of the bulls.
The second of eight bull runs in the weeklong San Fermin festival involved the black and reddish-colored Miura bulls, renowned as the largest fighting bulls in Spain.
As they charged down the 800-yard route, two of them fell and, appearing to lose their way, turned on the crowd of runners. Two people were gored.
Bulls loose in the streets
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TTHQ Staff
, Jul 09 2007 10:59 AM
7 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 09 July 2007 - 10:59 AM
Just not on Wall Street.
#2
Posted 09 July 2007 - 11:07 AM
Evolution's way of getting rid of the stupid.
"Nature's Failure to Function in a 'Predictable Way'... 500 years ago?"
BIGGEST SCIENCE SCANDAL EVER...Official records systematically 'adjusted'.
BIGGEST SCIENCE SCANDAL EVER...Official records systematically 'adjusted'.
#3
Posted 09 July 2007 - 11:21 AM
2 people were gored???...geeziz i dint know Al was on vacation over der.......snort
#4
Posted 09 July 2007 - 11:27 AM
2 people were gored???...geeziz i dint know Al was on vacation over der.......snort
heh heh. Going the distance to reduce carbon emissions.
#5
Posted 09 July 2007 - 11:29 AM
The guy had to figure out some way to meet Madonna.
Bill wouldn't share.
"Nature's Failure to Function in a 'Predictable Way'... 500 years ago?"
BIGGEST SCIENCE SCANDAL EVER...Official records systematically 'adjusted'.
BIGGEST SCIENCE SCANDAL EVER...Official records systematically 'adjusted'.
#6
Posted 09 July 2007 - 11:39 AM
#7
Posted 09 July 2007 - 01:55 PM
I ran that event in the 1960's. I survived by running behind the bulls. Not so stupid.
#8
Posted 09 July 2007 - 02:15 PM
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Running of Bulls Helps Kick Off Pamplona Festival
Fourteen deaths have been attributed to the San Fermín bull runs since record keeping began in 1924, Poole noted. According to last year's hospital admissions data, there were 57 serious encierro-related injuries, 11 of which were gorings.
"People tend to think of [these bulls] as farm animals," Ross observed. Nothing, he says, could be further from the truth.
The bulls that run during the San Fermín festival are bred to fight and can weigh over 1,300 pounds (600 kilograms). They also possess razor-sharp horns, keen intelligence, uncanny peripheral vision, and the ability to "turn on a dime," according to Ross.
Underestimating them, he says, can be a fatal mistake. "They're the most aggressive animals that I know of,"
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Running of Bulls Helps Kick Off Pamplona Festival
Fourteen deaths have been attributed to the San Fermín bull runs since record keeping began in 1924, Poole noted. According to last year's hospital admissions data, there were 57 serious encierro-related injuries, 11 of which were gorings.
"People tend to think of [these bulls] as farm animals," Ross observed. Nothing, he says, could be further from the truth.
The bulls that run during the San Fermín festival are bred to fight and can weigh over 1,300 pounds (600 kilograms). They also possess razor-sharp horns, keen intelligence, uncanny peripheral vision, and the ability to "turn on a dime," according to Ross.
Underestimating them, he says, can be a fatal mistake. "They're the most aggressive animals that I know of,"
Edited by Rogerdodger, 09 July 2007 - 02:21 PM.
"Nature's Failure to Function in a 'Predictable Way'... 500 years ago?"
BIGGEST SCIENCE SCANDAL EVER...Official records systematically 'adjusted'.
BIGGEST SCIENCE SCANDAL EVER...Official records systematically 'adjusted'.