A Close Encounter

I had a neat encounter tonight. My FHE group went up and hiked around Bridal Veil Falls tonight. It was the first time I had ever gone up there. It was nice short hike and it was fun to walk around by the falls a bit. Before leaving, everyone got together for a big group picture. I was toward the edge of the group and turned for a second and noticed a bird out of the corner of my eye. It was flying toward me and started to get really close. I was quite surprised by how close it was getting, so I turned some more to get a better look at it. Well, when I turned, I noticed that it wasn't flying like any bird I had seen before, and it wasn't moving forward very fast. That's when I realized that I wasn't looking at a bird. I was looking at a bat. Anyway, it flew right by me within about a foot of my arm. It was really neat. It landed a few feet away and everyone got a good look at it. It's amazing how small bats can curl up. I swear, their wings look like tissue paper when they are flying.