With just dim light through the gable vent, I first thought a piece of insulation or hose was in the gable, but on a closer look it was a fairly large snake devouring one of the bats. It was during daylight and the snake snuck up on the sleepers. He came in on his own and was gone the next time I went up in the attic. I decided not to interrupt him as he was doing me a favor. I haven’t had a bat problem since.
I have no idea how he got in the attic other than perhaps slithering up between the exterior and interior walls.
amazing
Might have been a chicken snake. One of those scared the heck out of me when I walked in my shed one day, he was up on the rafters.