When they came home from vacation, Kevin Fleming and his family had no idea who would greet them at the door.
"All of sudden a bunch of bats swooping down... we had one coming down here and one coming from the rafters... it was like a haunted house in here," Fleming said.
Fleming didn't know what to do.
"While these bats are swooping around, I'm on the Internet trying find someone to come out," Fleming said.
He didn't want them anywhere near his three kids.
"I don't want my kid sleeping and a bat swoop over their crib," he said.
Bat Specialists of Oklahoma came to get rid of his bats.
But a year later, the bats were back.
"They basically had attacked our whole home," Fleming said.
This time Fleming called Oklahoma Wildlife Control.
Owner Reginald Murray found a long list of problems.
"I saw there was a lot of area that wasn't inspected or touched where bats could and were getting in," Murray said.
Murray says a lot of supposed experts don't get the right training. He says they're supposed to remove the bats and keep them out, without killing them.
"They're nature's number one defense against the West Nile virus. They'll eat a thousand to three thousand insects a night," Murray said.
Fleming found dead bats inside and outside his home.
Murray says a metal device meant to keep the pests out - killed them.
"The bats impaled themselves on it and fell to their death," he said.
Fleming says if you have this problem driving you batty - make sure the removal company knows what it's doing.
"We've had so many bats," Fleming exclaimed, laughing.
Murray says people who remove bats ought to take a standardized course. It's given by the National Wildlife Control Operators Association.
The next one is coming up in January.
Also, Bat Conservation International has a list of companies it recommends for bat removal.
The website lists only three companies in Oklahoma.
To see the list, go to www.fox23.com
As for the company initially hired - Bat Specialists of Oklahoma - we spoke with the owner on the phone. He said he has 20 years of experience removing bats. He said he hasn't taken the course because he's been in business longer than the course has been available. He said he would never kill bats on purpose but that sometimes bats get killed accidentally. He also said he has plenty of happy customers and will always come back if the bats come back, so he can fix the problem.
