A bat encounter at a movie theater in Fort Pierce has the Florida Department of Health advising the community of the possibility of rabies in the area.
Amber Jackson, the general manager at Touchstar Cinemas in the Sabal Palm Plaza said in mid-January a moviegoer reported seeing something flying around the theater.
“We weren’t sure what it was, so we did call in a company to come and take a look [to] tell us if it was a bird or a bat whatever was flying in our theater,” Jackson said. “They came out and said it wasn’t a bat. It was probably a bird.”
She said a few days later they received a second report of something flying around.
WPTV“We went in, sat, after seven o’clock, I believe it was on the 19th,” Jackson said. “Our staff did see three flying bats.”
She said staff members then turned on the lights in the theater and tried to guide them out the emergency doors with a broom.