A woman in Columbia, South Carolina, was forced to leave her apartment because of a bat infestation.
Dionne Wilks said she first noticed bats inside her apartment on February 2. Speaking to Storyful, she said she didn’t think “any of this” at the time, as she had left the windows open during the night.
When she saw more bats in her apartment on February 8 and 10, she knew there was a problem.
Wilks said he contacted the building’s administration and sent a request for help with maintenance, but it took them several days to send someone.
Wilks said a doctor advised her and her son to get a post-exposure rabies vaccine and that she would have to stay in hotels while the problem was resolved.
The apartment manager said WIS News 10 they were aware of the problem and working to fix it. They said they expected the bats to leave by Friday, February 26.
Wilks told Storyful that she had said that she could come back on Monday, March 1. However, she said, “I don’t want to be there. The apartment is full of bat guano. “
A GoFundMe page for Wicks and his son raised more than $ 1,700 at the time of this writing. Credit: Dionne Wilks via Storyful