Why are people scared of bats?

These winged mammals, who sleep during the day and are active at night, have always had the reputation for being evil, even though most of them are really quite harmless.
But there is one American variety which does drink blood. and attacks animals and men. This bat has well-developed incisor teeth which it uses to puncture the skin of the victim, and then it licks the blood which flows from the’ wound. The victim does not feel this.

‘Natives of South America, who are used to sleeping out in the open, have to wrap themselves up in their ponchos to protect themselves against attacks by these bats.