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Date Posted: 17:47:00 07/19/02 Fri
Author: Anita in FL
Subject: Re: Ya'll are not going to believe what was in our house!
In reply to: Sharon 's message, "Ya'll are not going to believe what was in our house!" on 19:41:31 07/16/02 Tue

Poor baby! I bet you scared the heck out of him/her, too! We were outside talking with the neighbor last night when one swooped by our heads. I guess we are used to bats, no us really noticed other than to say, "there goes a bat."
Blessings,
Anita

>I walked past my kitchen tonight and movement caught
>my eye. I looked again and there was something flying
>around my kitchen. I started screaming and Brittany
>came flying out of the bathtub while it took a little
>bit before my husband deciphered my hysterics to
>figure out what I was saying. We all stared in
>amazement at this bird or bat that was flying around.
>At first we assumed it was a bird, but the more we
>looked, the more we were convinced it was a bat. All
>he did was fly around in circles through the kitchen
>then swoop to the dining room or breakfast nook then
>back to the kitchen. We have a very open floor plan
>but we closed every door we could then Fred sent me
>outside to see if I could find a net to catch him in.
>While I was out looking around in the dark, our
>elderly next door neighbor (who's hard of hearing)
>came out. I asked if he had a net.
>"I saw the cat earlier today."
>"No, a net. Do you have a net. We have a bird or bat
>flying around our house."
>"Must be a bird. What color is it?"
>"Solid black."
>"Where does he land?"
>"He doesn't."
>"Hum, must be a bat. I once had a humingbird in our
>house..."
>I finally made it back in and my husband was still
>trying to swat him in the direction of the back door,
>but to no avail. Brittany and I finally went over to
>the stairwell out of the way and next thing we knew,
>he swooped past us. He must have passed Brittany
>because at the same time I realized he had flown past,
>Brittany was slamming the upstairs bedroom door. We
>told her to stay closed in and the bat (yes, he was
>definitely a bat) lighted up on the air conditioning
>vent.
>Fred carefully caught him in a giant tin and took him
>outside and he happily flew away.
>I know that if I were a good unschool mom, this would
>have been a great science lesson. But being the girly
>girl that I am, I just wanted to get rid of the thing.
>I did do some research afterwards, though, and
>discovered that he wasn't a flying fox or vampire bat,
>so he was probably harmless unless he had rabies. All
>in all, I don't think anyone in our family is
>interested in any more studies of bats.
>
>Happy Homeschooling!
>Sharon

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