by Judy Killen
WORDEN — Her family had just returned from camping for several days in a remote spot, but all it took was a trip to the driveway for a 12-year-old Worden girl to be bitten by a rabid bat.
Jordan Schoorl-Buttram told the Yellowstone County News that her daughter, Riley, walked out barefoot to the car and stepped on a bat that was lying on the driveway next to the car. It was Labor Day, Sept. 3.
Schoorl-Buttram said before that, she hadn’t seen many bats in Worden.
“Definitely not during the day and definitely not underneath the car,” she said. Seeing a bat at about 2:30 p.m. was a warning sign, since bats usually read more
