Spanish Pensioner Gored to Death in Home
3rd August 2011
The bull had smashed through wooden fencing erected to steer the animals through the old streets of the town during the early morning runs of the annual fiesta, causing panic amongst spectators, who ran for their lives.
The agitated beast then charged into a quiet courtyard and through the wooden door where it encountered the unfortunate Mr Morentin, a resident of San Sebastian who returned to the village where he grew up each year to celebrate the annual fiesta.
Let that be a lesson to us all.
Actually, Hemingway warned about this sort of thing in Death in the Afternoon. But does anybody listen?
August 3rd, 2011 at 18:27
Yet another fine reason to avoid the running of the bulls …