Bat found in Houston area apartment, flying around

Shortly after 5:30 a.m. Sunday, DaShonda Boniaby woke up after hearing an odd sound in her room. When the flying creature hung upside down from the ceiling, she realized it was a bat and started screaming. Boniaby said the bat then flew into her daughter’s room where her 3-year-old granddaughter had been sleeping as well. After almost seven hours of calling for help, they decided to leave and stay at a hotel.

"We just started shaking the doors a little bit and it started flying around. As soon as it started flying, he was able to swing at it. He hit it really hard and it kind of bounced off the wall and into my daughter's laundry basket where we kind of folded the clothes that it touched and carried it out that way into the dumpster," Boniaby said.

David Long is the owner of Houston Bat Removal. He says contrary to popular belief, it's relatively uncommon for bats to have rabies or be dangerous as they feed on insects and won't attack humans unless provoked. FOX 26 Houston is now on the FOX LOCAL app available through Apple TV, Amazon FireTV, Roku and Google Android TV!

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