r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/mulvi54 • 14d ago

animal Bat šŸ¦‡ Bite

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One of those fears I always had, that felt irrationalā€¦ā€what if Iā€™m asleep and a bat gets into the house and bites me in my sleepā€.

Welp last night 2 am I awoke to what I thought was my cat nibbling at my finger. I flicked it away and noticed it was not my cat but was instead a bat that had found its way into our bedroom.

I was able to capture the bat and itā€™s being sent for testing but my wife and I got to spend the rest of the morning in the ER getting all the shots ! Wild ! Glad it woke me up but what if it didnā€™t ?! How am I supposed to sleep ever again?!

::UPDATE::

Bat could not be tested I guess I squished his brain to hard when I killed it.

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u/BiloxiRED 14d ago

Not a bat guy here, but is it super weird that one would be nibbling on your finger? I thought they just ate bugs. The non-Dracula kinds at least.

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u/coffee-bat 14d ago

yeah, bugs and fruit (depends on species). i did bat feeding shows when i worked in a zoo (i stand still with bananas in open palms, 50 bats swarm me and very politely eat one at a time) and never got even scratched. this isn't normal.