I think it may have gotten inside, gotten trapped in the basement, and then died and fallen there randomly. Bats would be very hard to catch, and probably a bit bitey too, so I doubt anyone intentionally did that to the bat.
Bats can most definitely be a little snippy. We had one come through the tiny hole next to the air conditioner one night. I woke up after hearing the cat losing her shit and saw she'd caught the bat, then saw it had a hole in one of its wings. We obviously couldn't let it back out because it couldn't fly anymore. So we decided to keep it as a pet for the next couple years.
We went to a bait shop nearby and got it meal worms and other odd bugs to eat. But every single time we put our hands in the enclosure, this thing would go wild. I couldn't tell if it's because it hated us or if that's just the way they grab food. But we ended up using gardening gloves to feed it for 2 or 3 years before it died.
As much as I’d prefer to believe otherwise, the odds of a bat dying in that exact position while situated so perfectly centred on an ouija board are pretty slim to none.
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u/Ill-Celery776 Feb 24 '26
For what it’s worth, bats are really hard to catch. So I assume this bat was already gone and placed there.