Location: Pamplona, Navarra
Description: On the morning of the 11th of July, an Irish guy, Ian Chambers, was gored during the encierro. It was his own fault, as he broke one of the golden rules: he tried to get the bulls attention and caused the bull to attack him.
Ian says he was trying to distract the bull from charging an older man, and instead the bull charged him. This is a NO NO. In the encierro, look after number 1 – YOU.
Don’t distract the bull.
Sometimes you will see runners distracting the bull to take his attention from goring someone or charging someone: these people are experienced runners, or else they are pastores, who’s job it is to keep the bulls on their course. It is not the job of novice runners to put themselves, and more importantly, other people in danger.
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