A runner narrowly escaped being gored by a raging BULL by squeezing himself into a tiny gap behind a POLE.
Footage from Calzadilla, Spain, shows the young man hiding behind the narrow post and peeking around the street corner.
He can be seen waving a Spanish flag to attract the animal’s attention.
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The huge bull suddenly comes thundering around the corner and heads straight for the thrill-seeker, who squeezes himself into the tiny gap between the pole and a wall.
A split second later, the bull lowers its head and charges at him.
Luckily, it headbutts the pole, with its sharp horns ending up either side of the runner’s body and missing him by just centimetres.
He then squeezes out of the tight gap and races away as the bull turns its attention to the dropped flag.
The heart-stopping scenes unfolded during the village’s traditional festivities on Monday (21 September).
As part of the festivities, bulls are released into the village’s squares and streets, with locals and bullfighting enthusiasts from nearby either running with them or watching from the sidelines.
Alberto Rodríguez Sánchez, from nearby Serradilla, was visiting Calzadilla at the time and happened to record the scenes “by chance”.
Rodríguez, a bull painter, identified the man in the footage as bullfighting enthusiast Iván Requena.
He told Need To Know that Requena “is fine and escaped uninjured”.
“You could say he’s quite reckless or foolhardy, as he’s been gored by bulls before and yet he still takes the same risks and isn’t afraid,” Rodríguez added.
There have been several recent bull-related incidents in Spain’s Cáceres province, including some serious injuries.
Earlier this month, a woman was hospitalised after being charged by a supposedly docile bull while walking on a public path in Perales del Puerto.
Just months earlier, in June, several people were injured during Coria’s San Juan bull-running festivities.
One man suffered a serious chest goring, while another was badly injured by a bull named Rompecoches, which roughly translates as “Car-Wrecker”.
Two others suffered minor injuries during the same festivities.
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