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WOOSTER, Ohio — Some students at the College of Wooster got a little more than they bargained for when they came back to campus for the start of the 2022 fall semester.
At least 20 students have reported bat-biting incidents on campus since the return to class, puzzling College of Wooster officials.
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Bats are not unusual to the region around the college, however this is the first report of its kind on the campus. Six bats were brought into the Wayne County Health Department from campus over the past week.
There is good news after these initial reports though. None of the students who were bit have tested positive for rabies and all have reported no symptoms.
3News was able to talk to two students from the College of Wooster about their experience dealing with this situation.
Jack Bowers said, "I hear that they're getting through the screens at night so they're getting bit in their sleep and they're so small, you can't even feel it. I have a few buds at tennis that had to take practice off to get a rabies shot which puts you a little under the weather."
Connor Weathers told 3News, "It's mostly only the older dorms that have the issue. I'm in a newer dorm, but you can still see the bats flying in and out of the dorms and stuff. It's crazy!"
The College of Wooster released a statement from official spokesperson Melissa Anderson:
“The College has had zero bat calls in the last three days thanks to the diligent work of our ODNR trained staff and others who have been working around the clock on bat watch, installing sweeps under room doors, netting and extruder cones on the outside of buildings, and fixing or replacing bent or missing window screens in halls without A/C. This work remains ongoing.”
They also say that they have installed netting on the outside of the affected buildings replacing bent or missing window screens.
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