Reduced to a screaming girl

[TsPoet]

Growing up I lived in a house where bats inside were a regular occurence in most of the houses on the street one summer. The preferred method was to swat them with a tennis racket, or even better, with (groan)a bat-minton (LOL) racket. Actually the latter being lighter made for a better tool. The impact would stun the bat, and it could quickly be scooped up into a wastebasket, and set free outside.

Growing up in Santa Fe, we would get bats in the house a couple of times/year. We'd just catch it in a bird net and let it go outside.
Bats are good, they eat insects.
You can buy a bird net at a petstore.