A BIZARRE STORY TONIGHT INVOLVING A TRAUMATIC AND DANGEROUS ATTACK ON A BECKER COUNTY WOMAN.

IT INVOLVES A SWARM.. "OF BATS." CANDACE "LA-SEEN" OF LITTLE CORMORANT IS TAKING A MONTH LONG SERIES OF RABIES SHOTS AFTER A GROUP OF "40-BATS" ATTACKED...SCRATCHED AND BIT HER.

HER REMARKABLE EFFORTS TO RECOVER � FROM WDAY 6 REPORTER KEVIN WALLEVAND.

STAND UPKEVIN WALLEVAND THE BAT ATTACK DID NOT HAPPEN WHEN YOU WOULD MOST EXPECT IT. AT DUSK IN THE YARS...BUT ON THE FAMILY'S DECK IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOT SUNNY SUMMER AFTERNOON. [CG at 0:00:Reporter Super\KEVIN WALLEVAND\kwallevand@wday.com] [CG at 0:12:Name Super\CANDACE LESSIN\ATTACKED BY BATS] CANDACE- I CAN'T FIND THE WORDS. I TOLD MY HUSBAND I HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN THE MOVIES AND I NEVER THOUGHT IN A MILLION YEARS ANYTHING LIKE THIS

JUST A WEEK AFTER THE SWARM OF BATS ATTACKED HER� CANDACE LA-SEEN SAYS SHE NEVER IMAgINED THE TRAUMA OF THE ATTACK WOULD BE SO EMOTIONAL TO DEAL WITH� SOTA TON OF THEM LIKE MULTIPLE OF IT

BUT IT HAS BEEN HORRIBLE�TO THE POINT CANDACE NO LONGER WALK OUT TO HER DECK WHERE THE ATTACK HAPPENED DAYS AGO. SOT CANDACE-IT IS AN ATTACK OF YOUR BODY AND MIND AND SAFETY

CANDACE HAD STEPPED OUT ON THE DECK ON A WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON TO GRAB THE COVER TO THE GRILL

SOT WITHIN SECONDS I WAS COVERED FROM HEAD TO TOE IN BATS. WITHIN SECONDS�.

SOTTHERE WERE AT LEAST OVER 40

COVERED IN BAT DROPPINGS..SCRATCHES AND SCALP BITES�SHE SHOWERED AND THEN GOT TO THE MeritCare CLINIC IN DETROIT LAKES�.WHERE DR. JON LARSON TREATED HER WITH 30-SHOTS AT THE INJURY SITES

SOT [CG at 1:12:Name Super\DR. JON LARSON\MERITCARE CLINIC-DL] iT CAN BE DEVESTATING THE RISK FOR PTSD FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS SIGNIFICANT. [CG at 1:19:Name Super\MARK LESSIN\CANDACE'S HUSBAND] iT IS SO FRESH IN HER MIND THAT IT IS GOING TAKE TIME BEFORE SHE IS OVER IT. BUT YEH, YOU FEEL HELPLESS. CANDACE AND HER HUSBAND MARK ARE SEEING A COUNSELOR BECAUSE OF THE TRAUMA. SOT I AM SORRY FOR BREAKING DOWN BUT I DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO GO THROUGH THIS. SOT BUT SHE WANTS TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY LIFE OUTSIDE AT THE LAKE AGAIN..INSTEAD OF BEING HELP CAPTIVE INSIDE THEIR HOME. ON LITTLE CORMORANT� KEVIN WALLEVAND WDAY 6 NEWS.

EACH YEAR ABOUT 24-PEOPLE DIE IN THE U-S FROM BAT BITES AND RABIES. watch the video | save this article / add to your favorites list