Photographer Joseba Etxaburu has been attending the San Fermin festival in Spain for twelve years, but none of his previous experience could have prepared him for the attack that happened this year. Fellow Reuters photographer Susan Vera captured it in these photos. Luckily, he's ok, and so is his Canon. Here's his account of the story:
"I think the cow had spotted me from the start and didn’t like the look of what she saw. She had a crooked horn and maybe she was self-conscious about being photographed. She kept her eye on me and started advancing. I tried to back away using a circular motion. It’s never a good idea to run to or from bulls or cows in a straight line. They are faster than you and will catch you. It’s better to move in a curve. They have less ability to turn than we do and there’s a chance you can out-turn her. On this day though that didn’t happen. She came at me and while I was trying to dodge, I slipped.
I grabbed onto her horn to stop her tossing me. It worked but she stepped on my elbow, which is the biggest scratch I got that day. With my other hand I held onto my camera. Those things aren’t cheap."
[Reuters]
