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Fear and Loathing in Oklahoma: Bats are wreaking havoc on Wagoner construction project

11:21 AM EST on January 11, 2019

We were somewhere around Wagoner on the edge of  Snake Creek when the CBD vape pen began to take hold… Suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats… And a voice was screaming, “Holy Mary Fallin, what are these goddamn animals…” Then it was quiet again. Patrick had taken off his shirt and was pouring a beer on his chest, to facilitate the tanning process.

Okay, so maybe it isn’t quite the case that the contributors at TLO are on a savage journey into the heart of the American Dream. But what is true is that somewhere in Wagoner County, there is an infestation of what many people fear and loathe.

Via KFOR…

OKAY, Okla. – A project to rebuild 16 miles of Oklahoma Highway 16 between Okay and Wagoner is being delayed because of its possible effect on a population of endangered bats.

Who knew Oklahomans were living in the middle of bat country? Next thing they’re going to tell us is to stay away from the Cherokee Casino because it's full of nothing but waiters with vaguely reptilian casts to their features and crew cut cops. But surely a colony of bats can’t wreak that much havoc upon a construction project…