sadness for a family(daughter warns others) risk & BATS--

"They catch insects and stay way from humans," Dallin said, "so if there’s a bat on the ground or coming in contact with humans, most likely there's something wrong with the bat."

"I had no clue," Giles said. "We would wake up in the night and they would be walking on our bed."

"I've always thought bats were kind of cute, but I had no idea the kind of risk we were at."

A fundraising page has been set up to help the family deal with the loss.

"My dad has always been a giver," said Crystal Sedgewick, Giles' daughter who set up the page. "During the final 24 hours that he was still able to speak with us, he was in a delusional state, and he still couldn't stop talking about all the people that he needed to help and favors that he had yet to follow through with."

She said it has always been difficult for the family to ask for or accept anything.

"The only favor that I ask of everyone," she said, "is that you take the time to tell those that you love how much they mean to you. This is a very unexpected tragedy for our family. And what I wouldn't give to turn back time to show my love more."

Bats are the most common source of rabies in Utah, Utah Department of Health epidemiologist Dallin Peterson said. He said a bite or scratch from a bat may not be felt because a bat's teeth and claws are very small.

The disease, as is likely with the case of Gary Giles, can also be transmitted via an infected animal's saliva.

I have friends who are bat biologists. They have to get pre exposure shots just like dogs.