A Ghost in the Library

[JunieBJones (JBJ)]

i am worried that it's a BAT! or a bat family. don't they cast shadows, and then nothing? do they make noise if building a house? oh gross! i can't think about it. give me captain gregg any day! but not bats!!! i've never had one in the house before.
it must be a ghost.

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i am worried that it's a BAT! or a bat family. don't they cast shadows, and then nothing? do they make noise if building a house? oh gross! i can't think about it. give me captain gregg any day! but not bats!!! i've never had one in the house before.
it must be a ghost.

Now that is cool! Bats in the belfry.

 

[muirford]

i am worried that it's a BAT! or a bat family. don't they cast shadows, and then nothing? do they make noise if building a house? oh gross! i can't think about it. give me captain gregg any day! but not bats!!! i've never had one in the house before.
it must be a ghost.

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i am worried that it's a BAT! or a bat family. don't they cast shadows, and then nothing? do they make noise if building a house? oh gross! i can't think about it. give me captain gregg any day! but not bats!!! i've never had one in the house before.
it must be a ghost.

Bats aren't that bad... they're kind of cute up close. And, sorry, it probably is a more reasonable explanation of thumps and bumps.
We've had them in both our house here and the one in Maryland. The one here was tough because I didn't know where he was... left the door open and went to bed and the next night he was back. Finally found him behind some drapes and got him out, poor guy. The bird down the chimney was much worse... had to clean the carpet afterward from the soot.
=)
Kk.
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Bats aren't that bad... they're kind of cute up close.

I respectfully can't understand what you are talking about here. Bats are rats with wings - big hairy leathery wings...

 

[YellowSocks]

i am worried that it's a BAT! or a bat family. don't they cast shadows, and then nothing? do they make noise if building a house? oh gross! i can't think about it. give me captain gregg any day! but not bats!!! i've never had one in the house before.
it must be a ghost.

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i am worried that it's a BAT! or a bat family. don't they cast shadows, and then nothing? do they make noise if building a house? oh gross! i can't think about it. give me captain gregg any day! but not bats!!! i've never had one in the house before.
it must be a ghost.

Bats aren't that bad... they're kind of cute up close. And, sorry, it probably is a more reasonable explanation of thumps and bumps.
We've had them in both our house here and the one in Maryland. The one here was tough because I didn't know where he was... left the door open and went to bed and the next night he was back. Finally found him behind some drapes and got him out, poor guy. The bird down the chimney was much worse... had to clean the carpet afterward from the soot.
=)
Kk.
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Bats aren't that bad... they're kind of cute up close.

I respectfully can't understand what you are talking about here. Bats are rats with wings - big hairy leathery wings...
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Bats aren't that bad... they're kind of cute up close.

I respectfully can't understand what you are talking about here. Bats are rats with wings - big hairy leathery wings...

More like mice than rats. Little blind mice...
OK, I used to teach science... had a freeze dried bat someone gave me which I used in class. On the first day I came with a jar of maggots to pass around. Currently we have four crickets in a "bug house" for my "bug boy," which we've kept alive several weeks now.
In comparison, bats are quite cute. They eat lots of mosquitos. We are always glad to see them swooping around outside. Inside... not so much fun.

=)
Kk.

 

[JunieBJones (JBJ)]

i am worried that it's a BAT! or a bat family. don't they cast shadows, and then nothing? do they make noise if building a house? oh gross! i can't think about it. give me captain gregg any day! but not bats!!! i've never had one in the house before.
it must be a ghost.

.

i am worried that it's a BAT! or a bat family. don't they cast shadows, and then nothing? do they make noise if building a house? oh gross! i can't think about it. give me captain gregg any day! but not bats!!! i've never had one in the house before.
it must be a ghost.

Bats aren't that bad... they're kind of cute up close. And, sorry, it probably is a more reasonable explanation of thumps and bumps.
We've had them in both our house here and the one in Maryland. The one here was tough because I didn't know where he was... left the door open and went to bed and the next night he was back. Finally found him behind some drapes and got him out, poor guy. The bird down the chimney was much worse... had to clean the carpet afterward from the soot.
=)
Kk.
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Bats aren't that bad... they're kind of cute up close.

I respectfully can't understand what you are talking about here. Bats are rats with wings - big hairy leathery wings...
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Bats aren't that bad... they're kind of cute up close.

I respectfully can't understand what you are talking about here. Bats are rats with wings - big hairy leathery wings...

You would love flying foxes in Australia. They are the most beatiful little guys.

 

[JunieBJones (JBJ)]

Numbers down: one of Melbourne's flying foxes.

 

[user 26]

Numbers down: one of Melbourne's flying foxes.

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[YellowSocks]

Numbers down: one of Melbourne's flying foxes.

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Oooh! Very cool!!
=)
Kk.

 

[JunieBJones (JBJ)]

Numbers down: one of Melbourne's flying foxes.

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Oooh! Very cool!!
=)
Kk.
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Oooh! Very cool!!
=)
Kk.

Plus they are BIG. Not the flapping unpredictable type bats we have. Big fluffy and cuddly. Yeah they still have those wings...covered in membrane. They are fruit bats.

 

[JunieBJones (JBJ)]

 

[YellowSocks]

OK... seriously... was there any wind that day? Do you have anything loose up there? Like maybe a shingle that flaps up in the wind, then falls back down (thud)? Or a weather vane that flaps around? Or an electrical cord to a lightning rod? Or do seagulls ever land on your roof?
For the library... was it a partly cloudy day? The kind where clouds go over the sun quickly? Or do you ever have low flying aircraft? (They also block the sun briefly at times.) Or even flocks of seagulls or some such... don't know if they'd be dense enough to block the sun.
Frankly, I'm not a believer in ghosts. I do think that there are spirits (angels and demons) and that spiritual things are real, but I get pretty cynical about ghosts.
=)
Kk.

 

[GeorgiaGirl]

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Oh, he's so cute! Are they the size of a small cat?

 

[JunieBJones (JBJ)]

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Oh, he's so cute! Are they the size of a small cat?
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Oh, he's so cute! Are they the size of a small cat?

Yes that is right.

 

[user 26]

OK... seriously... was there any wind that day? Do you have anything loose up there? Like maybe a shingle that flaps up in the wind, then falls back down (thud)? Or a weather vane that flaps around? Or an electrical cord to a lightning rod? Or do seagulls ever land on your roof?
For the library... was it a partly cloudy day? The kind where clouds go over the sun quickly? Or do you ever have low flying aircraft? (They also block the sun briefly at times.) Or even flocks of seagulls or some such... don't know if they'd be dense enough to block the sun.
Frankly, I'm not a believer in ghosts. I do think that there are spirits (angels and demons) and that spiritual things are real, but I get pretty cynical about ghosts.
=)
Kk..

oh sure ... lots of reasons for sounds on the roof. seagulls galore. feathers float down all the time. i am accustomed to the sounds the seagulls make on the roof, i even know the sound of one in the chimney. loose pieces of ceiling in the cupola fall down, all of it. it's an odd old house. this sounded like footsteps over head ... going along the hallway toward the stairs down to me. if a visitor hadn't had to walk by me to get out, (and none did) i'd think a vagrant had been sleeping in the attic and was awakened by my cleaning. but, as i said, it's an old place and easy to shrug things off in the daylight.
as for the shadow (play creepy music here) i don't know. and however 'cute' thos bats look in the pictures, i do NOT want any flying around in here. i might like to look at one if YOU were holding it. as far as i know the bats in maine do not look like little foxes or teddy bears, they are black or dark brown and look like rats with wings ... shudderrrrrr ...

 

[Penelope]

I don't even know what the last few people wrote because I can't get past the photos of the bats. I almost would hope that it's a ghost, too. I obviously can't DO bats. I can't even scroll past a few photos on my computer without getting icky about it.

 

[YellowSocks]

OK... seriously... was there any wind that day? Do you have anything loose up there? Like maybe a shingle that flaps up in the wind, then falls back down (thud)? Or a weather vane that flaps around? Or an electrical cord to a lightning rod? Or do seagulls ever land on your roof?
For the library... was it a partly cloudy day? The kind where clouds go over the sun quickly? Or do you ever have low flying aircraft? (They also block the sun briefly at times.) Or even flocks of seagulls or some such... don't know if they'd be dense enough to block the sun.
Frankly, I'm not a believer in ghosts. I do think that there are spirits (angels and demons) and that spiritual things are real, but I get pretty cynical about ghosts.
=)
Kk..

oh sure ... lots of reasons for sounds on the roof. seagulls galore. feathers float down all the time. i am accustomed to the sounds the seagulls make on the roof, i even know the sound of one in the chimney. loose pieces of ceiling in the cupola fall down, all of it. it's an odd old house. this sounded like footsteps over head ... going along the hallway toward the stairs down to me. if a visitor hadn't had to walk by me to get out, (and none did) i'd think a vagrant had been sleeping in the attic and was awakened by my cleaning. but, as i said, it's an old place and easy to shrug things off in the daylight.
as for the shadow (play creepy music here) i don't know. and however 'cute' thos bats look in the pictures, i do NOT want any flying around in here. i might like to look at one if YOU were holding it. as far as i know the bats in maine do not look like little foxes or teddy bears, they are black or dark brown and look like rats with wings ... shudderrrrrr ...
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http://www.tooter4kids.com/Bats/what_does_a_bat_look_like.htm
=)
Kk.

 

[GeorgiaGirl]

I don't even know what the last few people wrote because I can't get past the photos of the bats. I almost would hope that it's a ghost, too. I obviously can't DO bats. I can't even scroll past a few photos on my computer without getting icky about it..

I don't even know what the last few people wrote because I can't get past the photos of the bats. I almost would hope that it's a ghost, too. I obviously can't DO bats. I can't even scroll past a few photos on my computer without getting icky about it.

FUNNY!! You sound like my MIL! She can't stand bats, when my girls were younger and they had a Beanie Baby that was a bat she wouldn't look at it, I can only imagine what she would do if she saw the Flying Fox!!

Wonder if I can get one of those sent here????....

 

[JunieBJones (JBJ)]

OK... seriously... was there any wind that day? Do you have anything loose up there? Like maybe a shingle that flaps up in the wind, then falls back down (thud)? Or a weather vane that flaps around? Or an electrical cord to a lightning rod? Or do seagulls ever land on your roof?
For the library... was it a partly cloudy day? The kind where clouds go over the sun quickly? Or do you ever have low flying aircraft? (They also block the sun briefly at times.) Or even flocks of seagulls or some such... don't know if they'd be dense enough to block the sun.
Frankly, I'm not a believer in ghosts. I do think that there are spirits (angels and demons) and that spiritual things are real, but I get pretty cynical about ghosts.
=)
Kk..

oh sure ... lots of reasons for sounds on the roof. seagulls galore. feathers float down all the time. i am accustomed to the sounds the seagulls make on the roof, i even know the sound of one in the chimney. loose pieces of ceiling in the cupola fall down, all of it. it's an odd old house. this sounded like footsteps over head ... going along the hallway toward the stairs down to me. if a visitor hadn't had to walk by me to get out, (and none did) i'd think a vagrant had been sleeping in the attic and was awakened by my cleaning. but, as i said, it's an old place and easy to shrug things off in the daylight.
as for the shadow (play creepy music here) i don't know. and however 'cute' thos bats look in the pictures, i do NOT want any flying around in here. i might like to look at one if YOU were holding it. as far as i know the bats in maine do not look like little foxes or teddy bears, they are black or dark brown and look like rats with wings ... shudderrrrrr ...
.

http://www.tooter4kids.com/Bats/what_does_a_bat_look_like.htm
=)
Kk.
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http://www.tooter4kids.com/Bats/what_does_a_bat_look_like.htm
=)
Kk.

Snouts. Poor bats.
This is an excellent homeschool project. You can throw so much into it.
BTW more trivia for you - - on the playgrounds in Australia they typically have something called a flying fox. It is a cable you run and hang onto and race across about 100 feet of yard. It is unqiue to Australia adults love this too.

 

[YellowSocks]

OK... seriously... was there any wind that day? Do you have anything loose up there? Like maybe a shingle that flaps up in the wind, then falls back down (thud)? Or a weather vane that flaps around? Or an electrical cord to a lightning rod? Or do seagulls ever land on your roof?
For the library... was it a partly cloudy day? The kind where clouds go over the sun quickly? Or do you ever have low flying aircraft? (They also block the sun briefly at times.) Or even flocks of seagulls or some such... don't know if they'd be dense enough to block the sun.
Frankly, I'm not a believer in ghosts. I do think that there are spirits (angels and demons) and that spiritual things are real, but I get pretty cynical about ghosts.
=)
Kk..

oh sure ... lots of reasons for sounds on the roof. seagulls galore. feathers float down all the time. i am accustomed to the sounds the seagulls make on the roof, i even know the sound of one in the chimney. loose pieces of ceiling in the cupola fall down, all of it. it's an odd old house. this sounded like footsteps over head ... going along the hallway toward the stairs down to me. if a visitor hadn't had to walk by me to get out, (and none did) i'd think a vagrant had been sleeping in the attic and was awakened by my cleaning. but, as i said, it's an old place and easy to shrug things off in the daylight.
as for the shadow (play creepy music here) i don't know. and however 'cute' thos bats look in the pictures, i do NOT want any flying around in here. i might like to look at one if YOU were holding it. as far as i know the bats in maine do not look like little foxes or teddy bears, they are black or dark brown and look like rats with wings ... shudderrrrrr ...
.

http://www.tooter4kids.com/Bats/what_does_a_bat_look_like.htm
=)
Kk.
.

http://www.tooter4kids.com/Bats/what_does_a_bat_look_like.htm
=)
Kk.

Snouts. Poor bats.
This is an excellent homeschool project. You can throw so much into it.
BTW more trivia for you - - on the playgrounds in Australia they typically have something called a flying fox. It is a cable you run and hang onto and race across about 100 feet of yard. It is unqiue to Australia adults love this too.
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This is an excellent homeschool project. You can throw so much into it.

Yes, in fact just now as I did a Google image search on bats I had to stop reading the forum because the boys insisted on looking at the pictures and knowing what the pages said about bats. So we just had a little lesson on them...
=)
Kk.

 

[JunieBJones (JBJ)]

OK... seriously... was there any wind that day? Do you have anything loose up there? Like maybe a shingle that flaps up in the wind, then falls back down (thud)? Or a weather vane that flaps around? Or an electrical cord to a lightning rod? Or do seagulls ever land on your roof?
For the library... was it a partly cloudy day? The kind where clouds go over the sun quickly? Or do you ever have low flying aircraft? (They also block the sun briefly at times.) Or even flocks of seagulls or some such... don't know if they'd be dense enough to block the sun.
Frankly, I'm not a believer in ghosts. I do think that there are spirits (angels and demons) and that spiritual things are real, but I get pretty cynical about ghosts.
=)
Kk..

oh sure ... lots of reasons for sounds on the roof. seagulls galore. feathers float down all the time. i am accustomed to the sounds the seagulls make on the roof, i even know the sound of one in the chimney. loose pieces of ceiling in the cupola fall down, all of it. it's an odd old house. this sounded like footsteps over head ... going along the hallway toward the stairs down to me. if a visitor hadn't had to walk by me to get out, (and none did) i'd think a vagrant had been sleeping in the attic and was awakened by my cleaning. but, as i said, it's an old place and easy to shrug things off in the daylight.
as for the shadow (play creepy music here) i don't know. and however 'cute' thos bats look in the pictures, i do NOT want any flying around in here. i might like to look at one if YOU were holding it. as far as i know the bats in maine do not look like little foxes or teddy bears, they are black or dark brown and look like rats with wings ... shudderrrrrr ...
.

http://www.tooter4kids.com/Bats/what_does_a_bat_look_like.htm
=)
Kk.
.

http://www.tooter4kids.com/Bats/what_does_a_bat_look_like.htm
=)
Kk.

Snouts. Poor bats.
This is an excellent homeschool project. You can throw so much into it.
BTW more trivia for you - - on the playgrounds in Australia they typically have something called a flying fox. It is a cable you run and hang onto and race across about 100 feet of yard. It is unqiue to Australia adults love this too.
.

This is an excellent homeschool project. You can throw so much into it.

Yes, in fact just now as I did a Google image search on bats I had to stop reading the forum because the boys insisted on looking at the pictures and knowing what the pages said about bats. So we just had a little lesson on them...
=)
Kk.
.

This is an excellent homeschool project. You can throw so much into it.

Yes, in fact just now as I did a Google image search on bats I had to stop reading the forum because the boys insisted on looking at the pictures and knowing what the pages said about bats. So we just had a little lesson on them...
=)
Kk.

Geography, Math - how many make a colony and breeding stats etc etc,science - diff types of bats their use etc, language arts - draw a picture and write a story about them, and lastly go on a field trip to a place that has bats!
I love inquisitive minds...we learn what we are interested in, it prompts us to learn more! They are interested in bats. Heck so am I!

 

[Samster]

OK... seriously... was there any wind that day? Do you have anything loose up there? Like maybe a shingle that flaps up in the wind, then falls back down (thud)? Or a weather vane that flaps around? Or an electrical cord to a lightning rod? Or do seagulls ever land on your roof?
For the library... was it a partly cloudy day? The kind where clouds go over the sun quickly? Or do you ever have low flying aircraft? (They also block the sun briefly at times.) Or even flocks of seagulls or some such... don't know if they'd be dense enough to block the sun.
Frankly, I'm not a believer in ghosts. I do think that there are spirits (angels and demons) and that spiritual things are real, but I get pretty cynical about ghosts.
=)
Kk..

oh sure ... lots of reasons for sounds on the roof. seagulls galore. feathers float down all the time. i am accustomed to the sounds the seagulls make on the roof, i even know the sound of one in the chimney. loose pieces of ceiling in the cupola fall down, all of it. it's an odd old house. this sounded like footsteps over head ... going along the hallway toward the stairs down to me. if a visitor hadn't had to walk by me to get out, (and none did) i'd think a vagrant had been sleeping in the attic and was awakened by my cleaning. but, as i said, it's an old place and easy to shrug things off in the daylight.
as for the shadow (play creepy music here) i don't know. and however 'cute' thos bats look in the pictures, i do NOT want any flying around in here. i might like to look at one if YOU were holding it. as far as i know the bats in maine do not look like little foxes or teddy bears, they are black or dark brown and look like rats with wings ... shudderrrrrr ...
.

http://www.tooter4kids.com/Bats/what_does_a_bat_look_like.htm
=)
Kk.
.

http://www.tooter4kids.com/Bats/what_does_a_bat_look_like.htm
=)
Kk.

Snouts. Poor bats.
This is an excellent homeschool project. You can throw so much into it.
BTW more trivia for you - - on the playgrounds in Australia they typically have something called a flying fox. It is a cable you run and hang onto and race across about 100 feet of yard. It is unqiue to Australia adults love this too.
.

This is an excellent homeschool project. You can throw so much into it.

Yes, in fact just now as I did a Google image search on bats I had to stop reading the forum because the boys insisted on looking at the pictures and knowing what the pages said about bats. So we just had a little lesson on them...
=)
Kk.
.

Take a trip to Austin Texas in the Spring...take some chairs before dusk and go sit by the South Congress bridge. You will see a gazillion Mexican free tailed bats take off & go down the river. Now, that's some home schooling right there!