Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Bat Troubles

My brother and his wife had a close encounter with a bat...in the house. Scott was sleeping in the bedroom when something bumped him in the head, waking him up. He walked in by Lynn and the baby in the baby's room and mentioned to Lynn that he didn't want to sleep in the bedroom because the big moth was back and it bumped him in the head. All of a sudden it came flying into the baby's room. Lynn heard the wing sound and called out to Scott who had just walked out. Lynn scooped up the baby extremely quickly and ran out of the room. The bat flew downstairs and into the living room. Not finding it, morning came and Scott had to leave early for work. Lynn packed up the kids and left the house until Scott could take down the varmet. Scott got home from work later that day and could not find the bat, but assumed it was hiding in the pocket doors downstairs. They sealed off the doors with tape to hopefully starve it. Well, it wasn't in there. It came flying out of who knows where and over to the back door through the kitchen. Scott grabbed a broom and smacked the heck out of it stunning it long enough for him to open the door and it flew away. Did you know that every child bitten by a rabid bat (at least in Wisconsin that I know of) has died but one? That one girl happened to get bit in church of all places, got very sick and close to death, but survived. Very scary. I didn't tell Lynn that story until AFTER they got rid of the bat!

1 comment:

Serena said...

Creepy! My friend's son was bitten by a bat last summer at a cottage they rented (it apparently was infested with bats and they didn't know it until they were in there). He ended up having to get rabies shots, but is fine (not a pleasant experience for the poor kid).