Jingle Bats!
The Animal Uprising™ has unleashed a Christmas offensive aimed at infiltrating their attack squadrons into the homes of unsuspecting merrymakers. Yes, they're sneaking bats into homes on Christmas trees.
NIPOMO - A Nipomo woman got bitten by a bat hiding in a Christmas tree delivered to her home.
Sheila Kearns received the tree Sunday from Holloway's Christmas Trees in Nipomo.
While decorating the tree that night, Kearns got two puncture wounds in her right wrist when she reached inside.
She thought she had been pricked by pine needles.
But Monday morning, Kearns noticed the bat hanging in her home and called the tree farm.
Animal control officers came to Kearns' house and picked up the bat.
Officers told Kearns to check herself for possible bites. When they saw the puncture wounds, they confirmed the woman had been bitten.
Carl Holloway, of Holloway's Christmas Trees, says he puts bats in his trees to get rid of insects, without having to use chemicals.
We here at Blue Crab Boulevard strongly urge people to check Christmas trees thoroughly before bringing them into your house. We generally whack the heck out of the tree with a bat (baseball variety, not flying mouse) first. Although this does not improve the looks of the tree, it does insure that any bats (flying mouse variety) are not hitching a ride. Happy Holidays!
By Quilly Mammoth, Tuesday, 5 December , 2006 @ 1:23 pm
What’s worse is that the Animal Uprising ™ appears to have human quislings!
Sure you did,Carl…and what have they promised you? HMMMMMMMMMM!!!
By steveH, Tuesday, 5 December , 2006 @ 9:38 pm
Ol’ Carl needs to to give his bats some more training, since this one didn’t eat some bugs and return to its bat-cave.