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South Carolina Woman's Apartment Infested With Bats

A woman in Columbia, South Carolina, has been 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 thought “nothing of it” at the time as she had left her windows open overnight.

When she spotted more bats in her apartment on February 8 and February 10, she knew there was a problem.

Wilks said she contacted the apartment building management and submitted a maintenance request for help, 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’d had to stay in hotels while the problem was addressed.

The apartment management company told WIS News 10 they were aware of the problem and working to fix it. They said they expected the bats to be gone by Friday, February 26.

Wilks told Storyful she’d been told she could move back in on Monday, March 1. However, she said: “I do not want to stay there. It’s bat guano all over that apartment.”

A GoFundMe page for Wicks and her son has raised over $1,700 at the time of writing. Credit: Dionne Wilks via Storyful