Contrary to what some people might say or believe, there are no safe places along the length of the course. The safe areas are on the other side of the fencing, well outside of the course. Statistics and repetitive situations cannot guarantee anything because there are so many possible unfolding factors that make the options almost infinite. Even if the bulls have not charged along the left side of the fencing at city hall for several years, this does not mean that they won’t do it the next time out. The running of the bulls can develop in many different ways that means that anything can happen inside the course and mainly because the protagonists are six fighting bulls whose behavior is never easy to predict. As a reference let us look at this snapshot from Miguel Fernández to identify a particular area of the course.
We shall speak of several of these spots inside the course, but today we focus on the City Hall square and the fencing close to that building. And it must be said that there are sometimes three lines of people inside the course standing watching events from here. Their behavior is very dangerous for those who are running because runners can run into them and also because they block possible escape routes and, above all, it is dangerous for themselves as they are at the mercy of a charging bull should the animal take notice of them. In this snapshot from Carlos Mediavilla, taken on the13th of July, 2012 we can see how the standing group impede the escape route for two runners (in red and white tee shirts) who have been running properly and who are now ready to pull out.
