Great article and interesting topic!

Several years back I woke up at night to a bat circling my room. The bat escaped through a small gap in my bedroom window before we were able to have Animal Control capture and test it for rabies. According to the Poison Control Hotline, waking up to a bat in your room is not an uncommon occurrence, and standard protocol states that if you cannot capture the animal to confirm it was not carrying the rabies virus, you need to get vaccinated. The vaccination wasn't miserable, but it is certainly inconvenient. Although, still preferable to dying a miserable rabid death. :)