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Man Goes Missing After Rabid Bat Attack & I Think We All Know What THAT Means
So for all the talk of vampires lately, one might have expected bats to take a more prominent place in pop culture. Right? It's not like the species doesn't exist in Forks or Bon Temps. But for whatever reason (probably lack of sex appeal), the creature traditionally associated with vampires has been strangely absent from modern-day mythology ... until now, that is!
Because last week in Berlin, this guy found an injured bat. And because (I'm assuming) he's a do-right kinda guy, he made the standard "animal in distress" call most people would make to the fire department. But then he made a mistake most people wouldn't make, hopefully, which was to try and feed the bat, which was a mistake because the bat then bit the man. When fire fighters showed up, they tried to get the guy to go to the hospital, but he refused. And they were like, Dude, what if you have rabies? You gotta go! (Except they said it in German.) And the guy was like, Nein! (That's like the only German word I know.)
Weird, right? But it's what he did next that was REALLY weird ...
He vanished into thin air. Disappeared! Without a trace! Okay, so probably he just wandered off and the fire fighters didn't notice because they were talking about Oktoberfest or bratwurst or David Hasselhoff (clearly I need to learn more about Germany).
But the point is, the guy got away before anybody could get his name or contact info and now it turns out the bat did indeed have rabies so they really need to find the guy before he gets really really sick and/or dies and/or ... dare I say it ... becomes a vampire!!
Dude. Exactly what kind of apocalypse are we having here?! Zombie? Mutant butterfly? Vampire? This is getting way outta hand.
Would you ever try to feed an injured bat?
Image via Leonora Enking/Flickr
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Meg Moore
this article made me face palm.
yes you do need to learn about germany.
and i hope they find him before it becomes to late.everyone knows you don't pick up bats...although i feel bad for the bat because obviously it was euthanized and its head was removed.
Scott Davis
I handle injured and dead bats all the time. I let my kids pet the healthy bats. Most bats are quite docile, at least here in the states they are, not sure about Germany.
LovinJerseyMama
Bruickson
rhps2000
Scott Davis
It is not a bunch of shots in the stomach, its one shot of the vaccine and 4 gamma globulin shots.
alwayscurious
Bruickson
countrygirl670
Silly man. Somebody watched too many Disney movies. Bats are natural reservoirs for many dangerous diseases. Handling them- especially without thick, protective gloves- is dumb. Its not worth exposing yourself. Not going to the hospital after being bitten is even dumber.
Rebecca7708