A New York man was paralyzed below the waist while dodging young bulls with other revelers in the bullring at Spain's San Fermin Festival in Pamplona on Friday, festival organizers said.
The 31-year-old, named by hospital authorities as Ray Ducharn, was undergoing surgery after being taken to intensive care after he was hurt while trying to escape when the animals were released in Pamplona's bullring following the famous running of the bulls through the town's streets.
It was unclear exactly how Ducharn was injured but he did not appear to have been gored, organizers said.
What does it matter whether he was gored or not, he is still an idiot. I'm sorry, not much sympathy here. Playing with animals is dangerous and injury can happen. Doing it for fun is just stupidity.
Stupidity has a knack of getting its way. Albert Camus
Also, nice Camus quote.
How far will you go to protect your prized cattle from "cattle terrorism" and from theft by aliens?
http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2006/07/shocking_news_cattle_terrorism.php
(judging by the landscape I think this was filmed in California.)
The Running of the Bulls was a quaint local tradition until Hemingway showed up one year and wrote about it. Now, it seems that it's a test of manhood that every man (and a few women) feel they must do. The "custom" has been imported here, as similar "festivals" have started in Mesquite, NV northeast of Lost Wages, and out near Wickenberg, AZ. Methinks I'll settle for the Running of the Sheep in Reed Point (it'll remind me that Montana is a place where men are men -- and sheep are nervous