Oh bats! Wildlife specialist called to evict bats from Walmart

ALVIN, Texas -- A Walmart spokesperson said a wildlife specialist is on site at the company's store in Alvin, Texas, conducting a "catch and release" of the bats that were first reported two weeks ago

Earlier Sunday, Bryan Christmas spotted several bats flying in and above grocery aisles.

"We were getting groceries and went to checkout," Christmas said. "We turned around and there were four or five bats flying all over the place."

For weeks, customers have been shooting cellphone video of the winged creatures swooping near meat and deli counters.

Bats swoop between shoppers in meat section of Alvin Walmart


The bats had apparently been staying in the lawn and garden section, and then appeared in other sections of the store.

"They were going from one side where the meat department was all the way over to the pharmacy and swooping down," Christmas said of the encounter.

The company spokesperson said the area of the store where the bats gained access was cordoned off, and they've been contained.

After capture, the bats will be released elsewhere. Christmas returned to the store Sunday evening, but told KTRK he saw no sign of the animals.

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