Once a year a bunch of jackasses in Spain get silly on wine and decide that it would be muy excelente to get chased through narrow streets by a group of crazed bulls. And maybe it is excelente -- for those that actually make it to the bull ring unscathed. For some reason this year, however, the bulls have decided to stop chasing and start catching. They began by killing a 27-year-old Spaniard last week, the first runner to die in 14 years, and injured 10 more people this past weekend.It's hard to not feel sorry for the family of the dead runner, but he did volunteer to be chased by bulls. So, you know, a goring shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. It's also hard to not recognize a little victory on the part of the bulls, who haven't experienced this much success since Michael Jordan retired. Oh!
After the jump, check out a few visual reminders of why we'll be hard-pressed ever to visit Pamplona in July.
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Wednesday 15 July
By diego
Thank you for wasting some minutes of my life reading this stupid piece of text. What happened in the 4th encierro was tragic, but you shouldn't talk trash of something just because you don't understand it. There is something called "history and tradition" that maybe your city or town doesn't have, but that Pamplona has in lots. I would suggest you to try and use some time in researching more about the fiesta of San Fermin before wasting someone's other time.
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