Saturday, July 19, 2008

Bull Fight Part 4

The 2nd Matador went one last time for a total of 4 bullfights, two per matador. This last bull seemed to be more energetic than the others and it was a good one.

Here we have the bull driving his head into the ground.

The bull is pawing the ground like in the cartoons. He is kicking the dirt back with his front foot in this picture.

The bull is going so fast he is just a blur.

Do you want a piece of me?

Charge!

Olé!

Peek-A-Boo!

Coming back around.

Olé!

This last one the Matador got both ears and a tail. I am not sure it was that much greater, but the last one the Matador got the highest reward.

These are the bulls after the fight. I guess after the bull fight it is ok for the "wild" bulls to see people, although one of the dudes came over and told us to stand back. Really, the bulls behind the fence were not much scarier than going to see them bulls at Uncle Bryant's, but it was probably blowing the mystic to have us stand there and take a picture of the bulls afterwards. Some drunk dude was waving a plastic bag around before we got there and the bulls did charge the fence. The guy probably wanted to get the drunk guy to quit doing that but telling us to back away because it was sooo dangerous was another moment that was over the top. We were not that close to begin with and they are behind a fence. Now, if we were climbing the fence and trying to ride them, I would be concerned. But, standing 20-30 feet away to take a picture really did not feel that threatening. But, then again, the announcer did say these were the most fierce animals on the face of the planet, more dangerous than grizzly bears.
This will be the last bull fight post until next year.

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