Furious bull gores man up the backside in Spain leaving him with horrendous injuries at Salamanca festival
The victim is knocked unconscious by the powerful beast before being repeatedly speared
A MAN has been gored up the backside by a raging bull during one of Spain's renowned bulling running fiestas.
Graphic footage shows the moment the man was brutally stabbed by the bull's horn in the buttocks and his legs before being tossed around the streets in front of horrified onlookers in the town of Salamanca.
The 56-year-old was reportedly rushed to hospital for emergency surgery after suffering severe muscle damage and a perforated organ.
In the clip, the animal is filmed pushing the man against a fence and knocking him over rendering him unconscious.
The angry bull then horns its target in the bottom and then spears his legs resulting in blood spraying across the cobble-stoned ground.
As the bull savages the injured man like a rag doll, one runner grabs the bull by the tail to distract it while medics rush to the scene.
Other runners can be seen standing in front of the angry beast in a desperate bid to stop the carnage.
His condition has been described as 'critical'.
At least eight other people were reportedly injured during the Carnival of the Bull in the district of Ciudad Rodrigo.
The Carnival of the Bull, is one of Spain's oldest festivals, and have become internationally renowned because of the running of the bulls.
The annual carnival , which starts on the last Friday before Lent, free dozens of angry bulls that chase the youngsters through the city streets up to the city square.
It involves taking the bulls from the bull-pens to the Plaza Mayor of Ciudad Rodrigo as the main bell of the town hall rings to warn people that the bulls are out.
When the bulls arrive at the Plaza a crowd is awaiting them in wooden seats erected for the fight, or in the case of the most brave, in the ring to have a go at bull-fighting.
The festival, featuring a week full of parades, carnival groups, music, and all-night parties in the streets, is the most famous carnival in the province and, dating back to the years of the Catholic monarchs, is the oldest festival of its kind in Spain
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