The University of Colorado has successfully located a woman who had an encounter with a rabid bat on the Boulder Campus on Monday.

University officials had been looking for the woman on Wednesday and announced at about 4:30 p.m. that they had been in touch with her and were discussing the next steps that need to be taken.

Officials stated that a witness said the young woman was outside the McKenna Languages building at around noon Monday when a bat landed on her back while she was walking from Varsity Lake. A witness tried to swat the bat off, before the woman was eventually able to remove it herself.

The bat was euthanized, and further testing revealed the bat had rabies.

The witness was not sure if the young woman was bitten or scratched before she left the area. She was described as a white woman with dark hair wearing a white shirt. She was reportedly looking for the Boulder fringe Festival office.

Boulder and CU officials were looking for the woman to offer her medical treatment.

Rabies is a disease that attacks the nervous system and is spread through the saliva of infected animals.