No injured cavers recorded.
In late August a 19-year-old Oklahoma City woman went with friends to Henson's Cave in McDonald County, Missouri. Past the entrance crawl the woman was standing in some water when she was bitten by a bat. A companion struck the bat with a coat. In Oklahoma City the bat was determined to be rapid by health officials. The woman was treated for rabies. The cave was later closed by the Missouri Dept. of Highways.
Bats can carry rabies even when not affected by it. Any scratch or bite received from a bat should be suspected for rabies infection. Any bat crawling about should be suspected as rabid and avoided.
A woman was bit by a bat in a cave and treated for rabies. The cave was closed due to this incident.