Channel: Megabattie

Category: Pets & Animals

Tags: not all rescues end up with a batnon bat rescuethis lady rescues hundreds of batscrazy bat ladyimaginitisbat rescuemicrobat non rescuepoltergeistmegabattie/imaginitis

Description: Not all rescues end up with a rescued live bat as the outcome. This rescue call popped in around midnight just as I got to bed. I got up, dressed and went out in the miserable weather because the rescue was only about half a kilometre from where I lived, and since I was without Lola my trusty vehicular steed (she was in for repair after someone side swiped her butt and broke her reflector), I could still walk there. The guy was a student who lived in a bachelor chic studio apartment (with no level of chic), and who was sleeping in the foyer because he couldn't go back into his apartment until the "bat" was caught. I get there just after midnight and have to find a bat in an apartment where the windows are hung with black plastic (to keep out the early light), and there are archaeological levels of history in layers on the floor. The lighting was also energy saver dim, which meant finding a small dark bat in a dark room against black plastic. Initially, when walking into the apartment there was a piece of black plastic hanging out of the vertical blinds, which I (understandably) thought was a flying-fox wing. The story was vague - a bat chasing a mosquito (in Aussie, mosquitoes are mozzies). The guy didn't actually see the bat, just a triangular shadow on the wall. I really did try hard to find this bat but the bat, if any, could have been anywhere; I spent about 25 minutes there, searching. I don't actually think there was a bat, however it may be a remote possibility. Given that the MOP didn't actually see it, only a shadow, it seems a bit of a stretch,. I checked with him in the morning and no bat reappeared, so we agreed that the bat had gone. I said to him, if I was your mother I would tell you to clean up your room; he agreed, then asked me out... Whatever; I'm old enough to be his grandmother. Nothing like a midnight wild poltergeist chase to liven up your night.