Bat Attack... Almost

I don't think I've shared with you any information about the bat situation here in Sydney.  Around twilight time, they come out in droves.  You can look up at any given time and see anywhere from 5 to 20 just flying around.  They squeak around here and there, doing their sonar-whatchamacallit looking for bugs, etc.  Usually they stay up in their trees or up in the sky.  This morning though, I was walking Bailey and it was still dark out.  I walk through Rushcutter's Bay park and it's pretty well lit in most parts (it's not daylight when I leave for work yet) but I decided to walk along this path by the water and there are quite a few low lying branches on the trees that line the paths.  I'm sure you can see where this is going.

I could literally not see a thing it was so dark (and the bats are black) but I swear I felt the fur of this darn bat brush my nose as it flew off that branch.  Granted, it could have just been a stiff wind from the beating of its wings, but I'm sticking to my fur story.  It gave one loud squeak and I gave one loud scream and then it was gone.  And that, folks, is how I was attacked by a bat... almost.