Today, I walked into my apartment and smelled something extremely repugnant. I asked my roommate what had happened and she said, "I didn't know how else to kill it!" She'd trapped a bat that was in our apartment, put it in the oven, and set it to 400 degrees. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, there was a horrible smell in my kitchen. I tried to find the source, but failed and had to leave for the day. That night, my brother informed me that the smell was coming from a dead mouse stuck in our toaster. FML
Today, I saw a bat in a cabinet. I slammed the cabinet as hard as I could, which knocked the bat off the door and got its head stuck between the two doors, decapitating it. Its two beady eyes were judging me. I haven't even had my coffee yet. FML
Today, I found out that I have mice because my landlady got rid of the community cats that were keeping them outside, and apparently my cats aren't taking care of them. I found out when I turned on my oven and my apartment was filled with an awful smell that turned out to be burning mouse crap. FML
Today, I baked a cake. After feeding it to my entire family, I opened the stove, planning to temporarily store the cake inside. I then noticed a mouse, burnt to a crisp. FML
Today, I finally found out what that weird smell in my apartment was. My ex-boyfriend had been breaking into my apartment and hiding rotting fruit all over the place. I found this out when a ceiling panel fell and a swarm of fruit flies attacked me. FML
Today, I was laying in bed when my sister came running in, scared. I took my bat and went into the kitchen where the suspicious noise was coming from. It was a rat, right in the middle of the floor. I jumped on the counter and shrieked, just as my girlfriend walked in, who then actually dealt with it. FML
Today, I walked into my apartment after work, only be to greeted by an awful smell. I searched every inch of the place, convinced something had died. After an hour of searching around, I found the source: a single forgotten boiled egg in one of my backpack's pockets. I will never forget the smell of sulphur or whatever it was. FML
Today, I found out that the horrific smell coming from somewhere in my kitchen was a rotting dead mouse that somehow got stuck in my dishwasher. I have been eating off plates washed in dead mouse water for the past week. FML
Today, while attempting a DIY pest removal, one of our tenants lit a skunk on fire. FML
Today, I came home to the vilest stench I've ever smelled. I had to open a floor vent and scoop up the turd that was inside. Funnily enough, today was the day my scumbag roommate moved out, but I'm sure he had absolutely nothing to do with it. FML
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tyler_mcdolan 10
Why would it even be necessary to kill it?
Musiclover1482 9
Why not just capture it and release it outside?? It would be less messy and more humane..
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Comments (293)
SilentKnights 7
I'd take it as a sign to move out and find a new roomie, preferably one that is not crazy and won't do anything that is so inhumane. The poor bat, being baked when she could've easily released it back outside through the window :( Why did she even feel the need to kill it anyways?
Mynamewontfi 40
Poor little bat, dying because of a complete brainless human, who should've let it go out the window.
jaybone87 8
your next
mylovebree 2
that fact you didn't call the cops for animal abuse doesn't shine to bright on you either
UsagiArwen 23
I would totally agree with you if op didn't call the cops. But unless Op does a follow up for us to let us know what happened later, we just don't know one way or another, because Op didn't say she *didn't* call the cops either. At this point it's not right to speculate.
Raesin 21
In several countries bats are protected, I'm not sure how it is for the US but here in the UK she could be charged for unnecessary cruelty and abuse, regardless of whether or not it's endangered. That would result in a hefty fine.
Ray_of_midnight 23
@151 One difference between the USA and UK in this regard is that in the UK rabies has been eradicated. That's not true in the Americas, and bats are a significant vector of rabies this side of the pond. If human/bat contact occurs, and the bat can be captured, the bat will have to be destroyed anyway in order to determine whether the bat was rabid.
Oh_bother44 11
Where do you live that bats are a "significant" rabies vector?
xViper1030x 5
Well that's a little…extreme
Peppurr14 3
I am actually really upset and disturbed by this. :( That would be one of the absolute worst ways to die, and it didn't even need to be killed. She could be charged for something like that.
flame5768 14
don't get a bird or a dog op. if the dog barks she might put him in a blender.
sweet_nothinqs 5
POOR BABY
hazardmuffin 21
That is incredibly disturbing... What kind of person settles on slowly burning an animal to death as their only option? Never mind the fact that her first reaction was that she had to kill the poor thing instead of, I don't know...put it outside? Your roommate needs some serious help.
ifailsobadly 18
That's probably the sign of a psychopath..."a poor defenceless animal...I can either herd it outside a window OR STRUGGLE EVEN MORE TO INCINERATE IT IN AN OVEN"...seriously, this has upset me. :(