Batgirl Ensures Family's Safety

So it wasn't a crazy squirrel afterall? We came home this afternoon and went through the process of climbing the ladder to the attic to check on the squirrel trap. Again, no squirrel. But there was something scurrying around the attic. And there it was, a giant bat climbing on the screen covering the gable vent. The attic trap door was quickly closed.

A short time later, a scratching sound could be heard as the bat slithered above the kitchen ceiling, down the kitchen walls behind the cabinets, then back above the ceiling. It tried, to no avail, to climb down through the light fixtures. Then, suddenly, it was there, peering out from atop the cabinets.

Bat girl quickly sprang to action, shouting orders, broom in hand. "Put Avery upstairs!" she shouted, "Lock Buggy in a room." She flung open the doors and windows as Max retreated, slowly, quietly upstairs, out of harm's way.

This bat was stubborn. We prodded it with a broom handle. It wouldn't budge. It flew around briefly, but returned to its perch on the cabinets. Flung dog food wouldn't move it. Direct hits from a squirt bottle had no effect. It licked the water from the wall in defiance. The suddenly it flew out, diving at our heads as we stood our ground bravely. A swat from Jen's broom and it landed on the floor where it quickly found itself trapped by the "Bin Shopping" Canadian grocery bin.

It was flung out into the dark night.