A family of four is dealing with an odd problem: bats invading their house. With about 80 bats occupying their home in the Ardsley Park neighborhood, the Grant family has been forced to leave their home after the Georgia Department of Public Health deemed it to be a “imminent health risk” on January 29.

Monica Grant told WFLA, “This experience has been extremely distressing.”

Isaiah and Monica Grant moved into their rented house on W. 51 St. with their two young children, a toddler and an infant. from Chicago a year ago. The couple encountered the first bat in their dwelling on January 18. In the days following, a few more bats appeared, and then, roughly a day later, the family found themselves overwhelmed by what seemed to be around 80 bats.

Monica Grant recalled, “We were in our living room when three bats came swooping down the stairs.” They began to come out of the vents. By that time, our kids had fallen asleep. We knew that something was seriously wrong and that we had to flee.

The Grant family was unable to enter their home after the Georgia Department of Public Health declared it hazardous for occupants. According to their GoFundMe, the family also had to pay nearly $6,000 for the rabies vaccinations that the Department of Health recommended. Although they have been fortunate enough to remain with a neighbor, they intend to move into new housing in the long run.

This story does have a happy ending, with the Grant Family setting up a GoFundMe that has raised over 11 thousand dollars. According to an update posted to GoFundMe on February 2nd, the family has found a townhouse to move into temporarily and an attorney to help negotiate damages with the management company.