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A pesky problem is driving an Orange County woman "batty"

Walking around Willie Ann Gardner's home, you'll notice bat droppings on her driveway and on her vehicles.She says 200 bats have nestled their way into her roof and they're forcing her family to stay indoors at night. She lives near a wooded area, on Knox Avenue near Simmons Drive, and that's where the bats fly to at night.
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Walking around Willie Ann Gardner's home, you'll notice bat droppings on her driveway and on her vehicles.

She says 200 bats have nestled their way into her roof and they're forcing her family to stay indoors at night.

"They'll swoop down real low and go, I guess, out to eat," Gardner said.

She lives near a wooded area, on Knox Avenue near Simmons Drive, and that's where the bats fly to at night.

They come back to her home in the morning right when it's time to take her kids to the bus stop for school.

"In the mornings, when we're getting ready to come out, they're swarming right here real bad. We can't really come out. I have to wait for a second and then run out with them and go to the bus stop," she said.

Trying to get away, the family must also step over the mess; bat droppings on the cement.

12News contacted the owners of the apartment, Orange Navy Homes, who say they can only tell us they're working on fixing the problem. They wouldn't go into details.

But, Gardner and her family is asking "When will it end," saying the bats have made their home here for three months.

"She should be able to live comfortable in her house, her apartment, with her children," said Joann Richard, Gardner's mother.

Bats are protected, so can't be killed.

Gardner tells 12News she doesn't want them dead, just gone.

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