Why I Like Being a Girl
August 6, 2008
We are a few days into our upstate trip and already adventure has ensued. Last night while I was sleeping, my boyfriend saw what he thought was a small bird fluttering through the house. It was late and dark, so he let is be for the moment. But when he heard loud banging upstairs he rushed up to make sure the bird was not attacking me. Turns out it was bashing itself against the window. He grabbed a ruler and a pillow case hoping to catch it and take outside, but then it turned and flew right at him. At that point he only saw tiny little fangs and freaked! So he swung the ruler at it to keep it from flying into his face. It dropped to the floor, and then he saw that it was a bat!!! How it got into the house is a mystery, but as beautiful as it is here in upstate NY, having a flying rodent in your house a 2am is not fun. I am sure there are a lot of kick ass ladies out there who would have stepped up to the challenge, but this is once instance that I am glad my boyfriend had to deal. He is completely traumatized as he does not hunt or routinely kill animals.
Hopefully we have some relaxing on the way…
Our late night visitor.
August 6, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Were you planning on eating him?!
August 6, 2008 at 6:24 pm
uh….hey city slickers… bats are good, m’kay? they kill thousands of bugs every night. they won’t hurt you…and yes, they sometimes get inside the house. next time just open the window… it’ll eventually find it’s way out.
poor bat!
August 6, 2008 at 7:05 pm
You should save it for Halloween. Make a hat or something.
August 6, 2008 at 8:16 pm
I’ve had a few bats indoors, I think either via the chimney or the cat. Peculiar creatures.
August 6, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Hey Cara,
You are the 4th person in 3 weeks I have heard this happen to. Glad to hear you handled it with your usual applomb. One occurrence was in my house upstate, with two very city people spending a few days. I think if this happens its best at night, not too much time to dwell on the fact that a bat slept in the house. Our guys had all day to think about it as they found it in the shower at about 9 in the morning, continued to analyse the situation, then lost their minds and got rabies shots. City folk in the country. It all starts off happy-go-lucky until someone gets an eye out.
Enjoy Upstate
Ber Murphy
August 7, 2008 at 7:50 pm
My father, when I was a kid, used a tennis racket to down a bat. Claimed the back couldnt echo off the holes in the racket. Traumatized me as an 8 year old, standing in my spiderman underwear watching my dad swing a tennis racket like a mad man.
August 8, 2008 at 1:36 am
Thanks guys for all the support. We are happily not getting rabies shots or running for hills. But driving home tonight we had to stop and let a frog cross the road, that’s a good life lesson:)
August 8, 2008 at 1:55 pm
I just came downstairs from a day-after bat search when I saw this post. I am not making this up, I was watching the Puppet Master on the Sci-Fi channel late last night when suddenly a bat came flying in the small room that I was in! I naturally freaked, ran out of the room and shut the door, hoping to find the bat the next day while it slept. No luck. Happens once in year and always in august. Not looking forward to tonight.