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Running with the Bulls (1 Viewer)

Would you like to run with the bulls?

  • Yes

    Votes: 8 19.0%

  • No

    Votes: 30 71.4%

  • Maybe

    Votes: 4 9.5%
  • Total voters
    42
I ran with the bulls in Pamplona in 1989 and had a great time. I was in Pamplona for 3 days - it was a nonstop party.

btw - your link goes nowhere.

 
Yes. 99% of the people "running with the bulls" are like a mile ahead out of the way, or up on a ledge out of harms way.

I definitely wouldn't be one of the guys close to the bulls though.

 
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marshall88 said:
I ran with the bulls in Pamplona in 1989 and had a great time. I was in Pamplona for 3 days - it was a nonstop party.

btw - your link goes nowhere.
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Not questioning the partying, I'm sure that is a lot of fun, I just don't understand the actual running with the Bulls. These bulls are over 1,000 pounds with huge horns, why put yourself in this type of danger?

Where is the line? Would you run with the lions? I'd argue pound for pound the bull is more dangerous.

 
I think it would be a fun thing to be at. Agree with FC that I don't understand the 'why' as to people doing the event, but it is probably a top party like Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

 
fantasycurse42 said:
marshall88 said:
I ran with the bulls in Pamplona in 1989 and had a great time. I was in Pamplona for 3 days - it was a nonstop party.

btw - your link goes nowhere.
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Not questioning the partying, I'm sure that is a lot of fun, I just don't understand the actual running with the Bulls. These bulls are over 1,000 pounds with huge horns, why put yourself in this type of danger?

Where is the line? Would you run with the lions? I'd argue pound for pound the bull is more dangerous.
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I wouldn't do it now - at least not the same way. I was young, drunk and wanted a thrill - so I did it. Plus, because cellphones weren't common back then, there were far fewer videos of people being gored, so I was probably naive as to the danger involved. But I picked a spot along the route that would allow me to get pretty close to the bulls and also still be able to get into the stadium at the end of the run. The run (in Pamplona) leads into a stadium where the runners stay on the stadium floor, the bulls are run through the stadium and housed for bullfights later that night, and then they close the doors to the stadium floor and start releasing more bulls into the stadium for the runners to grab - with the ultimate goal being to grab the bulls horns with both hands - and then loads of people start trying to subdue the bull. The bulls released into the stadium were smaller and had the tips of the horns cut off. They released a small bull (which was pretty easily subdued), then a few more, then a large bull, then a few large bulls, until eventually it was pretty scary standing on the stadium floor with a few bulls running around going after people.

Quez is mostly right, in that most of the people are not in harms way when "running with the bulls" because you can start at any point along the route that you want. If you start far enough ahead, you'd get to the stadium without ever even seeing a bull (except when they run them through the floor at the end), or if you start too close to the start, the bulls would be past you so quickly and you'd be chasing them trying to get to the stadium floor.

 
Really stupid thing to do -- but then again it seems like practically all the participants are young males, almost certainly suffering from testosterone poisoning, which explains why they do it.

 
Sweet J said:
IvanKaramazov said:
Really stupid thing to do -- but then again it seems like practically all the participants are young males, almost certainly suffering from alcohol fueled testosterone poisoning, which explains why they do it.
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Fixed your fix.

 
Ran them in '93 and would do it again tomorrow. Surreal experience; I've probably told the stories around here somewhere in the past.

Bottom line is, if you get to the walls when the bulls come past, there is little chance of getting nailed. The idiots that get gored are the ones that are showing off for the little senoritas on the balconies, getting as close to the bulls as possible. They then trip over some other knucklehead doing the same thing, and get their asses kicked.

 
strykerpks said:
A few gbs of mine did it a few years ago. One of them made a pretty sweet video of their run

https://youtu.be/2EN2uNiCl1Q

He is the bald one here.

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:lmao: :lmao: at the naked dude at the end.

I loved how the bulls were in the stadium just looking to kick any ### within the vicinity.

 
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