
The sounds of nature surround the apartment building on Elm Street: birds singing, roosters crowing and the chirp of a winged creature slightly more terrifying. Hundreds of bats took over an empty apartment, gathering in the windows and climbing into the walls. Kiara Keasley lived in the unit until a few weeks ago, when the bats that often congregated outside started coming in. "I decided to move out, pack my stuff and move out because the exterminator wanted to open the vents to free the bats but I didnt want them to be over my furniture so I moved everything out," she says.