Good Story...
You have to be careful with bats though. a few years ago a acquaintance was fishing late in the evening in maine & he felt something on the end of his line & stripped it in. He thought it was a bunch of leaves & he grabbed it to get it off his line without really looking at it. It was a bat & it bit him on the thumb. He had to get the Rabies shot series in his hand where he was bitten & he said it was very painful. ........ Just FYI

Neil