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Running of the Balls
Topic Started: Aug 31 2017, 06:13 AM (130 Views)
George K
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A Spanish town’s animal-friendly version of the “Running of the Bulls” left one man in a coma and another with broken ribs and a concussion.

Roughly 700 people gathered in Mataelpino over the weekend for the “Running of the Balls” to try to outrun a 660-pound resin ball rolling downhill at speeds of 20 miles per hour.

Not everyone made it through the 500-meter course safely, which prompted officials to rethink the event.
“We are going to review all of our security measures and boost the information given out because people have started coming here from all over the world,” Mayor Javier Pérez de los Nietos told reporters Tuesday. “We don’t want this to become a tragic event, but rather something fun.”

Social media posts after the incidents show one man standing next to a fence as a giant ball with a bull’s face careens into him. Safety officials then rush to his side to affix a neck brace.

“People who are used to bulls know that they can’t just stand still in front of them because they could be gored,” the mayor added. “But with the ball, some people think that nothing will happen to them — but this is not the case. If they get a direct hit, it can be serious.”


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Mikhailoh
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More like human bowling. They must have a lot of morons in Spain.
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taiwan_girl
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It is sad, but kind of funny also. I think if this idea were presented to everyone here on this forum board, we would all say - "yes, it is a neat idea, but there is no way we should do it. Getting hit by a 600 pound ball is not a good idea"
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Maybe if they dropped a few pounds off that ball.

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Mikhailoh
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taiwan_girl
Aug 31 2017, 06:46 AM
It is sad, but kind of funny also. I think if this idea were presented to everyone here on this forum board, we would all say - "yes, it is a neat idea, but there is no way we should do it. Getting hit by a 600 pound ball is not a good idea"
Um, no. I would never in a million years think that running from a 660 lb ball at 20 MPH just for the hell of it was 'a neat idea'. :lol2:
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Mikhailoh
Aug 31 2017, 07:18 AM
taiwan_girl
Aug 31 2017, 06:46 AM
It is sad, but kind of funny also. I think if this idea were presented to everyone here on this forum board, we would all say - "yes, it is a neat idea, but there is no way we should do it. Getting hit by a 600 pound ball is not a good idea"
Um, no. I would never in a million years think that running from a 660 lb ball at 20 MPH just for the hell of it was 'a neat idea'. :lol2:
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Mikhailoh
Aug 31 2017, 06:24 AM
More like human bowling. They must have a lot of morons in Spain.
A few less now, perhaps.
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sue
Aug 31 2017, 08:15 AM
Mikhailoh
Aug 31 2017, 06:24 AM
More like human bowling. They must have a lot of morons in Spain.
A few less now, perhaps.


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sue
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HOLY CARP!!!
Catseye3
Aug 31 2017, 08:52 AM
sue
Aug 31 2017, 08:15 AM
Mikhailoh
Aug 31 2017, 06:24 AM
More like human bowling. They must have a lot of morons in Spain.
A few less now, perhaps.


And those, flatter.
take up less space that way.
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