Perhaps it was one of those Chinese
Wuhan bats that got lost. Also I don’t think that plane is a 737. Cheers

We were hunting in Chete, Zimbabwe.

Our huts had a bat.

Two of our friends had an air pistol, and tried shooting it without success.

At sun down, it used to fly around the huts.

It was making its round around ours.

I stood inside the door, and kept an eye on its path.

As it turned the corner, I put my hand out, and it ran straight into it!

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Originally posted by Saeed:
We were hunting in Chete, Zimbabwe.

Our huts had a bat.

Two of our friends had an air pistol, and tried shooting it without success.

At sun down, it used to fly around the huts.

It was making its round around ours.

I stood inside the door, and kept an eye on its path.

As it turned the corner, I put my hand out, and it ran straight into it!

I have had them in my hut at night while reading many times on safari. Always figured it a good thing...eat the mosquitoes.

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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Originally posted by Saeed:
We were hunting in Chete, Zimbabwe.

Our huts had a bat.

Two of our friends had an air pistol, and tried shooting it without success.

At sun down, it used to fly around the huts.

It was making its round around ours.

I stood inside the door, and kept an eye on its path.

As it turned the corner, I put my hand out, and it ran straight into it!

I have had them in my hut at night while reading many times on safari. Always figured it a good thing...eat the mosquitoes.

I think this one selected Walter to poop on in his hut!

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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Originally posted by Saeed:
We were hunting in Chete, Zimbabwe.

Our huts had a bat.

Two of our friends had an air pistol, and tried shooting it without success.

At sun down, it used to fly around the huts.

It was making its round around ours.

I stood inside the door, and kept an eye on its path.

As it turned the corner, I put my hand out, and it ran straight into it!

I have had them in my hut at night while reading many times on safari. Always figured it a good thing...eat the mosquitoes.

As a vet I’m sure you keep up your rabies shots topped up, no? ;-)

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Originally posted by BaxterB:

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Originally posted by ledvm:

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Originally posted by Saeed:
We were hunting in Chete, Zimbabwe.

Our huts had a bat.

Two of our friends had an air pistol, and tried shooting it without success.

At sun down, it used to fly around the huts.

It was making its round around ours.

I stood inside the door, and kept an eye on its path.

As it turned the corner, I put my hand out, and it ran straight into it!

I have had them in my hut at night while reading many times on safari. Always figured it a good thing...eat the mosquitoes.

As a vet I’m sure you keep up your rabies shots topped up, no? ;-)

True...I do. That said...the risk of transmission of rabies virus by a bat catching flying insects drawn to your cabin light would have to be 1 in a trillion.

The first time I hunted in Namibia with Sebra Hunting Safaris, I was putting my luggage down in their guest chalet and I walked over to admire a Leopard skin mounted on the wall. As I got within a couple of feet a giant white spider emerged from behind the skin and just stared at me. It was about the size of a baseball. When I walked to the main ranch building, I asked my PH Jan du Plessis if that species of spider was poisonous. He said No, they’re actually beneficial because they eat other bugs. I let the spider alone and never saw him/her again in four subsequent trips to Sebra.

when I was a dumb kid I caught bats so I could get a closer look at them. Used a leather welding gauntlet and caught them in crevasses in tree trunks. Never hurt them, just let them go. When I was older, my grandparents called me and asked me to catch a bat in their house. They were sharp as a tack, but their eyesight wasn't so good. They had a cat that often brought home little gifts, usually a mouse or a bird, but this time it was a bat. And the cat let it loose in the house. With a fish net and and a broom, he got corralled and released.

They really are fascinating animals.

Speaking of younger and Bats.

While visiting my grand mother, We always headed to the barn to play in the hay loft. Bats liked to hang on the inside of the barn door.

All we had to do was slowly close the door and the bats never moved.

And...

Swift with a hammer they went splat.

Saeed,

Definitely ridiculous but in today's world I'm sure the only solution anyone thought of was to land the plane and call a Animal Control Officer. Anybody doing anything so rash as trying to catch the bat would probably have gotten in trouble.

Mark

A few years ago an idiot passenger started being violent on an Emirate flight from Australia.

They tied him down to his seat, and just continued on their way to Dubai.

And he got arrested as soon as he landed.

we hear of all sorts of nuts diverting flights in the US.

Why don't they taser the bastards and tied them up and just continue on your destination?

Very good question Saeed. Seems like some zip ties and duct tape (and perhaps some not so gentle persuasion) are all we need to solve this reported increase in unruly passengers.

We had a bat in the house one time. It was flying all over the place and scaring the kids.

I got my Smith & Wesson Model 29 .44 Magnum, and loaded it with those Speer, primer-powered plastic bullets. From about 10 feet, I aimed a couple of inches low, and smacked him dead.

Next day, I put him on a plate in the refrigerator, went into the next room and waited.

Apparently, a dead bat on a plate in the refrigerator is more terrifying than a live one flying around the house!

Too bad they frown on .44 Magnum revolvers in carry-ons.

Now Mike, that's really incredibly funny.