Minnesota Woman Picked Rabid Bat Off Sidewalk. Now Health Officials Are Desperate to Find Her
Here’s a public service announcement courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Health: Do not pick up a bat off the street—it just might be rabid. Health officials in the state have been looking for a woman who bagged a bat earlier this month, which subsequently tested positive for rabies. Officials have gone as far as posting flyers in Minneapolis asking the woman and anyone else who touched the bat to get in touch with them or their nearest doctor for a rabies check-up.
- ▪Here’s a public service announcement courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Health: Do not pick up a bat off the street—it just might be rabid.
- ▪Health officials in the state have been looking for a woman who bagged a bat earlier this month, which subsequently tested positive for rabies.
- ▪Officials have gone as far as posting flyers in Minneapolis asking the woman and anyone else who touched the bat to get in touch with them or their nearest doctor for a rabies check-up.
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| Publication time | Mon, 21 Sep 2026 19:45:07 +0000 |
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Here’s a public service announcement courtesy of the Minnesota Department of Health: Do not pick up a bat off the street—it just might be rabid. Health officials in the state have been looking for a woman who bagged a bat earlier this month, which subsequently tested positive for rabies. Officials have gone as far as posting flyers in Minneapolis asking the woman and anyone else who touched the bat to get in touch with them or their nearest doctor for a rabies check-up. Local journalist Taylor Dahlin detailed her discovery of one such flyer in an X post over the weekend. Gizmodo confirmed the veracity of the poster and its contents with the MDH. “We are working with partners to identify anyone who may have had contact with the bat,” the department said in a statement provided to Gizmodo.
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