Four Kilgore College Women Treated for Rabies

KILGORE — In a followup to a story we brought you earlier this week, four young women at Kilgore College are getting a series of rabies shots after they picked up what they thought was a sick, baby bat crawling on the ground. It turned out to be a rabid, full grown brown bat. BJ Owen, Director of Special Services for the City of Kilgore said the teeth are so sharp and tiny that’s it’s possible to be bitten and not know. The women were told it would be in their best interest to get a series of rabies shots. Owen says there are estimates that indicate about half of the bat population is infected with rabies but don’t show symptoms and don’t get sick.