here's my bat story: we were probably 16 years old and my friends and i were relaxing in the backyard toking it up. one of us sees some kind of movement in one of the trees low branches. of course it was a bat and we grabbed a net as quickly as we can. it didn't take long to catch it and then we put in a jar. poked some holes on the top for our little experiment. after each puff, we'd blow into the jar. slowly, but surely the bat began to relax. after about an hour we let it out. i swear it just sat there for a good half our chilling with us. obviously we couldn't stop laughing. eventually it flew away unharmed...we think.
I have seen bats in Houston many times. Often I see them over at my friend's apartment in Westcreek on Westheimer near the loop. On more than one occassion they have flown into the complex's open-air corridors while I was out there smoking. I've also spotted bats down I-10 in the neighborhoods behind the MarqE center. When I used to work in Texas City, a bat once invaded our office. One of the girls stayed late one night and it scared the bejesus out of her. The next night we found him. Had to call animal control; little guy was probably sick or starved. Another time my dad had to chase a bat out of his church in Deer Park. Having had to get rid of birds in the past, he knew that a good plan was to turn out all of the lights in the building and open one door into the sunlight. The bird would find it and fly out. For the bat, he reversed this-- turned ON all the lights inside and opened a door into the night.
Ha ha. We did the same with a possum once at a party in college. Same story: he just lay down and chilled for an hour or so and then took off.
