Like the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, the Anchorage event has hoofed, horned animals chasing a festive mob of people. Unlike Pamplona, the Anchorage runners got to pet and hug their docile pursuers as they picked up their bibs prior to race time. Another difference is the snow — which didn’t seem to bother upwards of 2,000 runners who clogged Fourth Avenue for the bizarre one-block race. Zany costumes abounded. The giant butterfly costumes from the Ski for Women earlier this month were back, though not necessarily the same women wearing them. There were Vikings, a purple moose, a creature from “Where the Wild Things Are,” a guy wearing a whole polar bear hide and, appropriately, a team of butchers. Yes we have some odd celebrations and events in the Great Land. From the Cordova Ice Worm Festival to the famous Fur Rondy celebrations going on now in Anchorage, to the craziest most dangerous race in the world, the Iditarod . Now add to that list the uniquely Alaskan Running of the Reindeer. Hey its cold, we’re bored, what would you do? Have you ever wanted to see an event like this from the animal’s perspective? Well now you can. Wouldn’t you like to see a reindeer catch one of these participants and exact a little revenge for all of that rendeer sausage they eat?
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Only in Anchorage, Alaska. The famous "Running of the Reindeer".
