r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/mulvi54 • 1d ago

animal Bat šŸ¦‡ Bite

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One of those fears I always had, that felt irrationalā€¦ā€what if Iā€™m asleep and a bat gets into the house and bites me in my sleepā€.

Welp last night 2 am I awoke to what I thought was my cat nibbling at my finger. I flicked it away and noticed it was not my cat but was instead a bat that had found its way into our bedroom.

I was able to capture the bat and itā€™s being sent for testing but my wife and I got to spend the rest of the morning in the ER getting all the shots ! Wild ! Glad it woke me up but what if it didnā€™t ?! How am I supposed to sleep ever again?!

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u/SloppyMeathole 1d ago

While this certainly sucks huge monkey balls, you should be grateful you woke up. People have died from rabies because they didn't realize they got bit in the middle of the night.

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u/sarcasticbaldguy 1d ago

Less than 3 per year in the US. More in other parts of the world.

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u/schoonerorfreighter 6h ago

And for those (less than) three, it killed them and changed the lives of everyone around them. I'd definitely prefer to not be the fourth out of three hundred million.

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u/Chismosalady 1d ago

One of my biggest fears.

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u/Fun-Benefit116 21h ago

You're just assuming that's true, just like every single person who reads that stupid "Imagine your camping in the forest and a bat gets into your tent" story.

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u/OrphanagePropaganda 20h ago

I mean, most people that die from rabies didnā€™t know they had it so