<\/a>Moviegoers in Austin, Texas, got to see more than one type of bat during a screening of The Batman
\nA visitor brought a live bat to a screening of The Batman in Austin, Texas, prompting the staff to pause the film. The incident happened Friday and a video of the incident was posted on Twitter by people who went to Moviehouse & Eatery to watch Matt Reeves’ film.
\nA spokesperson at Cin\u00e9polis, which owns the cinema hall, said that the guest was pulling a prank and not trying to harm anyone.
\nI’m at the Batman movie and there are real bats in the theater\u2026. #Imcooloffthatpic.twitter.com\/NdSkMITXQi<\/a>
\n\u2014 J (@Jeremiah24<\/a>_) March 5, 2022
\n\u201cTo ensure a prank like this does not again occur, we’ve added additional security and are checking all bags upon guest entry,\u201d the spokesperson Annelise Holyoak said in a statement, as carried by Variety<\/a>.
\nLocal television channel KXAN<\/a> reported that the theater offered to give refunds, but a majority of the crowd opted to stay and watch the film.
\nA user, who was inside the cinema hall when the incident happened, posted a video of staff members trying to “bait it into flying out”.
\nI was there. They tried to bait it into flying out pic.twitter.com\/tkPLMJdtbm<\/a>
\n\u2014 Vincent Genovese<\/a> (@sparty1211) March 5, 2022
\n“We will use the projector to turn that light off and I’m gonna turn all these lights off and try and get it to go into this lighted area. If you are uncomfortable being in the dark with a bat, please remove yourself now,” the staff member is heard saying, with the guests laughing in the background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Moviegoers in Austin, Texas, got to see more than one type of bat during a screening of The Batman A visitor brought a live bat to a screening of The Batman in Austin, Texas, prompting the staff to pause the film. The incident happened Friday and a video of the incident was posted on Twitter … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[13363,5075],"yoast_head":"\n