"Foaming at the mouth" bat bites Florida girl. Girl drives car, NOT bat.

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

http://www.channel3000.com/irresistible/4798323/detail.html

Florida Girl Bitten By Bat While Driving

POSTED: 8:12 am CDT August 2, 2005

SEMINOLE, Fla. -- Teresa Shields has a new nickname, Batgirl, after a little-too-close encounter with one of the little flying mammals last week.

The Florida teen said she was driving home when a bat flew through her car window and bit her.

Her father said Teresa had two red marks and some tenderness but the bite didn't break the skin. The animal was foaming at the mouth when it attacked her, so it's being tested for rabies, just in case. A state wildlife official said bats can carry rabies, but it's no more common in bats than in any other animal.

Shields said the experience was weird and scary initially. But she thinks it's funny now. And her family has already given Teresa a present: a Batman T-shirt.

(NOTE: This is not a photo of the actual bat. It's just a bat.)

[Modem Butterfly]

1. How did it get its little hands on the steering wheel?

Or was this a very tiny car the bat was driving?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

5. OK, hold still...

:spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank: :spank:

:evilgrin:

:toast:

[jobycom]

2. Road rage. But why was the bat driving?

[Connie_Corleone]

3. Your title makes it seem like the bat was driving. LOL.

[proud2BlibKansan]

4. Hydrophobie!!

Get my gun, Ma!

[norml]

6. Was it driving the Batmobile?

[calico1]

7. Wow, never mind the bite. I'd just like to see pictures

of the bat behind the wheel! I wonder how he got his little bat feet to reach the pedals?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

8. OK, Grammar Police...I just took care of all of you!

:evilgrin:

NO, the bat was NOT driving the car.

FOCUS, people!

:toast:

[norml]

17. Spoil sport! Your thread was much funnier before.

You should change it back.

[LynzM]

9. Bats are COOL.

But I wouldn't want to get bitten by one, thanks!

[jobycom]

10. That's just silly. Why would a girl drive a bat?

[spinbaby]

11. They've been attacking planes, too

Saw it in the Weekly World News in the checkout--giant bats attack planes.

[skygazer]

12. How could anyone tell if a BAT was foaming at the mouth?

Unless it was a pretty big bat and kept incredibly still. There's something a little batty about this story...

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

14. Yep. I'm thinkin' maybe it was a labrador retriever and not a bat at all.

...err...on second thought...

:evilgrin:

[Connie_Corleone]

13. I wouldn't even know how to drive a bat, myself.

[TimeChaser]

15. Awww!

Anyone else think bats are adorable?

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. I know a girl who was bitten by a rabid horse

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

18. Was the horse driving at the time?

Because if it WASN'T, I'm afraid that you've stumbled into the wrong thread...

:evilgrin:

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. Oh, this is the wacky syntax thread? My bad

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

20. No, it just kind of went sideways on me...

...but that NEVER happens on DU.

:evilgrin:

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. No, of course it doesn't :^P