Man took a selfie during the running of the bulls in Pamplona, Spain
Authorities outlawed carrying of cameras at event to try to prevent runners being distracted
Eight people were gored by bulls during the eight-day event
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A man who took a dangerous selfie during the running of the bulls in Pamplona, with the half-ton beasts right behind him, is still on the run – but this time from the police.
The thin, bearded man, so-far unidentified, faces a fine of about $4,100 (3,000 euros) under new Pamplona city rules that aim to make the globally famous bull running slightly safer.
The eight consecutive days of running ended on Monday, with a total of 42 people taken to hospital during the week. Among them, eight men who were gored, including three foreigners – American Bill Hillmann, 32, of Chicago, and two Australians, ages 26 and 24, whose names were not immediately released.
A bull horns a runner in Pamplona, Spain, on the last day of the San Fermin festival's annual running of the bulls Monday, July 14. The bull run, a 400-year tradition, takes place over eight days.
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The bull run is 850 meters, or half a mile.
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A man tries to protect himself July 14 in the bull ring where each bull run ends.
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A fallen runner covers his head as a bull passes over him on July 14.
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Bullfighter Diego Urdiales adjusts his capote before doing the "paseillo," or ritual entrance to the arena, before a bullfight on Sunday, July 13.
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Bullfighter Manuel Escribano performs on July 13.
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A young bull tries to jump over an obstacle during an exhibition of riding and acrobatic skills on July 13.
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A reveler sleeps on a public bench on July 13.
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Revelers and bulls run as they enter the bullring on July 13.
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Runners pass a wall painted with an image of San Fermin, the saint the festival is named for, on July 13.
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Revelers lie on the ground as a bull runs by July 13.
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Juan Jose Padilla fights a bull on Saturday, July 12.
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People watch as revelers and bulls fill a street on July 12.
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Runners and bulls are seen on July 12.
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Two women sit on the street during the San Fermin festival on July 12.
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A ''recortador'' jumps over a bull during a competition at the festival on July 12. Recortadors leap over the bulls in a bloodless version of bullfighting where the one getting the closest and showing the least fear wins.
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A man takes a selfie as he runs in front of bulls on Friday, July 11.
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A bull lifts a reveler on July 11.
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Bulls run over revelers on Thursday, July 10.
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The shadow of a bull falls on the cape of bullfighter Ivan Fandino on Wednesday, July 9. Each day's run ends in the bull ring.
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A bull is seen in the arena during a bullfight on July 9.
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A bull jumps over people in the bull ring July 9.
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A bull jumps over revelers near the end of the run on July 9.
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Fandino is gored by a bull on July 9.
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Bullfighter Juan del Alamo kills a bull with his sword on July 9.
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A worker carries a dead bull on July 9.
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Fandino performs during a bullfight on July 9.
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Padilla arrives to the arena on July 9.
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A cow jumps over revelers on July 9.
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Participants run in front of bulls on July 9.
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Revelers run on a street in Pamplona on July 9.
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Bill Hillmann, of Chicago, is gored on his right leg by a bull on July 9. Hillmann has been running in Pamplona for about a decade, and he recently co-authored a book entitled "Fiesta, How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona."
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A reveler is pushed by a bull in the bull ring on Tuesday, July 8.
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A worker watches a bullfight on July 8.
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Revelers run away from a flaming fake bull during the second day of the festival on Monday, July 7.
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Bullfighter Miguel Abellan adjusts his capote before the ritual entrance to the arena on July 7.
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A bull is seen in the arena during a bullfight on July 7.
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Revelers take part in the bull run on July 7.
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Bulls and revelers run through Pamplona's streets on July 7.
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Some bulls fall as they race through Pamplona's narrow streets on July 7.
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Revelers wait to run with the bulls along Calle Estafeta on July 7.
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A child is playfully hit July 7 during the Giants and Big Heads Parade, which is also a traditional part of the San Fermin festival.
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Revelers have water thrown on them from a balcony to celebrate the official opening of the San Fermin festivities on Sunday, July 6.
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Revelers kick off the San Fermin festival with a messy party in Pamplona's town square on July 6.
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Revelers hold up traditional red neckties during the official opening July 6.
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Musicians wearing traditional red berets play during the official opening on July 6.
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The so-called “selfie man” escaped injury on the tumultuous fifth day of the running last Friday, but could have caused harm to himself or others, which is why authorities passed the new rules.
Carrying any device to record video or take pictures is prohibited during the running, because it distracts the runner from trying to stay out of harm’s way, and doing anything that endangers others is considered a serious offense, according to the city’s new rules.
On Spanish state television’s official video of the running, the selfie man is seen toward the end of the 850-meter, or half-mile, course holding a recording device that looks like a phone, high in his right hand.
This is just before the bulls enter the bullring on a downhill slope, and the pace is fast. The man appears on the video at one minute and 56 seconds after the run began, on the right of the street, with the bulls a few steps behind.
At 01:57, he turns his head, left over his shoulder to glance back at the bulls, still holding the camera, and at 01:58 he starts to head for cover on the left side of the street. He dashes across the street in the middle of oncoming runners – somehow not colliding with any of them - and he’s off camera by 01:59, the video shows.
Police have not yet found this man, who was wearing a traditional red long-sleeve top and white pants.
The most dangerous day of the running turned out to be the last, on Monday.
A brown bull became separated from the pack on a well-known curve, not quite halfway in to the course, and caused havoc.
There were just five injuries by goring in the previous seven days, but on the final day, there were three more gorings.
These included the two Australian men, with the 26-year-old listed in serious condition with three separate goring wounds, and the 24-year-old receiving a goring to his right thigh; and a 21-year-old Spanish man who was also gored three times.
Hillmann, of Chicago, who was gored on the third day of the running in his right thigh, had just co-authored a book, entitled: “Fiesta, How to Survive the Bulls of Pamplona.”
Other contributors to the book include John Hemingway, grandson of Ernest Hemingway, who brought global fame to the ancient tradition though his 1920s novel, “The Sun Also Rises,” also published under the title, “Fiesta.”
