The Bats Win...
I like bats. I love to sit in the yard and watch
them eat all the offending mosquitoes. We've got enough to keep
them very well fed.
The bats like the swimming pool. At around 8:30
every night, you can see them flying erratically above, getting their feed on and
dive bombing the water for a drink. One night, I was under the water and came up
just as a bat was flying down to get himself a drink to wash the bugs
down. We met face to face. I screamed like it was going for my throat. His little eyes bulged out of his face, cartoon style, and then he screamed. I ran, not walked
out of the pool and he went back to his little bat village and told them all
about how he was just trying to get a little
drink and was attacked by a big giant water monster.
I don't think they believed him because it happens
every night now, I figure they're sightseeing like people do with Loch Ness, trying to get a little glimpse. I'm
not sure who it freaks out more, us or the bats, but it sure can clear out the pool real quick.
Comments
LOL! Talk about communing with nature. You should charge admission to the show and invite daredevils to lounge in the pool while being attacked by bats. Or something like that. It has 'adventure eco-travel' written all over it!
LOL yeah, get a video of this! It might wind up on Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom....or at least America's Funniest Home Videos. Especially if you can get a shot of the diving bat face. Hillarious.