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HawkGTRider:
Re: bats
Cindy & I rented an old cabin for a weekend in Townsend, TN a few years ago. Cindy woke up in the middle of the night feeling like something had brushed against her face, and when we turned the light on, there was a bat flying around in the room. It didn't seem to like the bright light and eventually landed before disappearing into a crevice in the wall.

We were in the cabin loft and the light was overhead where you had to stand on the bed to get to to the pull cord. I had tied a piece of dental floss to the cord to extend it so we didn't have to jump on the bed to turn the light on and off. The next morning when we woke up, we found the bat had come back out and gotten tangled in the dental floss and was hanging there just above our heads. Creepy. We put the bat in a cooler, still tangled in the dental floss, and passed him along to the local health department for rabies testing. Later we realized this could be the same bat Cindy had felt brush against her face, but there was no guarantee of it. The bat tested negative, but under the circumstances, she and I both were advised to get the rabies shots. Fun.

rideandfly:

--- Quote from: HawkGTRider on December 18, 2015, 08:37:24 AM ---Re: bats
Cindy & I rented an old cabin for a weekend in Townsend, TN a few years ago. Cindy woke up in the middle of the night feeling like something had brushed against her face, and when we turned the light on, there was a bat flying around in the room. It didn't seem to like the bright light and eventually landed before disappearing into a crevice in the wall.

We were in the cabin loft and the light was overhead where you had to stand on the bed to get to to the pull cord. I had tied a piece of dental floss to the cord to extend it so we didn't have to jump on the bed to turn the light on and off. The next morning when we woke up, we found the bat had come back out and gotten tangled in the dental floss and was hanging there just above our heads. Creepy. We put the bat in a cooler, still tangled in the dental floss, and passed him along to the local health department for rabies testing. Later we realized this could be the same bat Cindy had felt brush against her face, but there was no guarantee of it. The bat tested negative, but under the circumstances, she and I both were advised to get the rabies shots. Fun.

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Believe rabies is always fatal, heard of one case when a young lady did not die when she was placed in an induced coma for a while.

When my Wife & I were dating in the early 70s, we were riding two-up with open face helmets on a HD 250 one night when a bat swooped down & hit her on the cheek while riding pillion.

HawkGTRider:
I had a bat hit me in the arm while riding one evening. No bite and no shots required, but as small and light as they are, it felt like a rock hitting me.

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stevegrab:

--- Quote from: Brick on December 17, 2015, 04:48:53 PM ---Who is that old guy on the cool SV650?

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Why's he riding that nice bike on a dirt road, doesn't he have a bike more suited for DS riding?

rideandfly:
Yep, view bats differently after one bit me. Radar is up & running (pun intended) when I see bats flying!  :)

Have seen folks on FJRs riding that dirt road the young fellow is riding his SV on. It has nice hard packed surface.

Here's additional shots from the Lake Lure/Old Fort ride:

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