This is the horrific moment a man was impaled on the horns of a raging bull after trying to play hide and seek with it.
The one-and-a-half-ton beast had just been released for a bull run in Spain when it gored the festival-goer on Tuesday.
The bull impaled the man’s torso and threw him into the air after he tried to sneak around a pillar and play with it.
He was also trampled by the bull after slipping while trying to avoid it.
Other festival-goers who had sought shelter atop concrete columns watched in horror.
They can be seen desperately waving jackets and colorful improvised matador capes in an attempt to distract the animal.
A man was impaled on the horns of a raging bull after trying to play hide and seek with it in Spain
The bull impaled the man’s torso and threw him into the air after he tried to sneak around a pillar and play with it.
Other festival-goers who had sought shelter atop concrete columns watched in horror.
The bull eventually left the man alone and he was dragged away for urgent medical treatment, with puncture wounds to his abdomen, local media reported.
Another festival-goer was seriously injured in the running of the bulls and 12 others suffered minor injuries.
The incident occurred during an event in Tordesillas, Valladolid, where locals release a single bull to run through the town before being driven to a meadow.
The festival, known as Toro de la Peña, or Toro de la Virgen, has been celebrated for centuries and is traditionally a way for young people to test their courage.
It used to end with the bull being speared to death, but this was stopped in 2016 after protests from animal rights groups.
This comes after images released yesterday showed a 64-year-old man being gored in the scrotum during a bull run in La Vall d’Uixó, northeast of Valencia.
The bull had just left its corral when it charged towards the man at breakneck speed.
The man was then left in the air for several seconds before the bull threw him to the ground in front of shocked spectators.
The victim, identified only as FMN, suffered entry and exit wounds around the groin area from the goring.
The bull had just left its corral when it charged towards the man at breakneck speed.
Before the man had a chance to react, the bull grabbed him with one of its horns from the other side of a metal barrier.
The man was then left suspended in the air for several seconds before the bull threw him to the ground in front of shocked spectators.
The victim, identified only as FMN, suffered entry and exit wounds around the groin area and was taken to hospital for treatment.
A medical team on site, as well as two doctors who were there as spectators, provided first aid to the man.
He was conscious when he was taken to a hospital in nearby Villarreal and will undergo surgery, local media reported.