Jamie and I were out with his grandmother Thursday, December 16 for dinner when we got a text from our sitter, Katie. It said something to the effect of this: "The kids are asleep. I don't want you to be alarmed but you seem to have bats." We were incredulous! How in the world did they get in?
She told us that Jackson was watching TV in our den while she was busy putting Jonathan down to bed (Joel was already down). Jackson came running down the hall, crying, saying that there was a bat flying in the den. She didn't believe him (she felt badly about this later:)) and asked if maybe they had talked about bats that day at school and he mistook another flying creature for one. He said no, that this was brown, furry, had pointed ears, looked like a flying rat, and was circling the den ceiling. She got him calmed down, put him to bed, and told him not to worry. She didn't think anything of it again until she heard something behind our drapes. She got up, pulled the drapes slowly away from the wall, and saw a bat peeping out. She ran out of the den into our kitchen and proceeded to text us.
After receiving the text, Jamie immediately got on the internet on his phone to see how one gets rid of bats. He read that you needed gloves and also needed to talk to them in hushed tones (The Bat Whisperer). When we left the restaurant, Granny and I dropped Jamie at home. Then I took Granny to her house and returned to ours to find The Bat Removal complete. Here are some videos Katie took while Jamie got rid of the bats. They are not super clear. He is outside in our carport (there are lights on the fence part) with our drapes and he has gloves on. He is also whispering to them...:)
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