I'm not "afraid" of bats either but I want to point out that leaving it there all day wasn't a safe way to handle this situation. Bats found in an abnormal place like inside a room of a house are more likely than others to be rabid. The CDC suggests a rather different course of action with regard to bats found in the home than either leaving it there all day and sending it out the door at night or going nuts with a tennis racket.
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