My first night up at a dark site near Katoomba with a few other fellows had tiny insectiverous bats fluttering around us as they chased the mozzies we attracted. An hour into the session all was quiet and everyone busy with their thing, when one of these nocturnal hunters flew right under my nose - in the dim light of the evening I saw a black shadow shoot past my eyes and felt the flutter of the beating wings on my face!
I felt my backbone decalcify instantly! Bloody thing is only the size of a matchbox, but, man, did it spook me,
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