OK I know I may be nuts but not crazy...

Yesterday while fishing I saw some small brown critter swimming across the creek I was fishing. It looked small as it swam with a hopping motion and I thought it was a mouse. I was surprised when it crawled onto the bank and I saw it was a small BAT!

If that wasn't weird enough I saw ANOTHER ONE TODAY DO THE SAME THING!! I don't know if it is unique to this creek, the bat wanted to cool off, or it was too stupid to realize it could fly across. How cool would it have been if a giant brownie sucked it in? Good thing it didn't cause I would never be able to make a decent casting Bat Fly.

In any case if there are any Batologists out there with a possible explanation of this behavior it would be appreciated.