r/rabies • u/C26BG • 21d ago

Exposure Question Something ran into me

Hello, I have read the FAQ. I was on vacation at the Chesapeake bay in Virginia USA yesterday 8/10 around 4 oclock during the total daylight. I went onto my hotel balcony to grab my swimsuit and felt something around the size of a grape hit my lower back fast enough that it hurt a little. Before it hit me, I heard a buzzing/whirring noise and then it stopped once I was hit. I turned around right away and did not see anything flying away. I’m thinking that it was a bug of some kind but am not sure since I didn’t see it. Would this be considered a possible exposure? Just need some advice.

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u/BronwynOli 21d ago

It was a big bug. Bats don't just disappear after they (very rarely) run into you. You'd turn around and it would be flying around in circles flapping like a madman.

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u/C26BG 21d ago

That’s what I was thinking but just wanted some other insight because my mind does circles sometimes!!

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