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A FREAKED-OUT family have told how they found a dead bat in their Rice Krispies.

Sehr Rafique, 17, was horrified after spotting the creepy creature in the Rice Krispies box as she was pouring the cereal into a container.

And Sehr and her family have been left stunned after Kellogg’s offered them nothing more than vouchers for a new box to make up for the horror find.

Sehr, who is starting university later this year, said: “I screamed the house down when I saw the bat.

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“I am scared of spiders as it is, so this terrified me. I have never seen a bat up close, never mind one which I almost ate.”

Sehr opened the box last Sunday morning at her family home in the south side of Glasgow. She was emptying

the Rice Krispies into a tupperware box when the bat fell out.

(Image: David Taylor)

The shrivelled-up fur-covered creature was lodged between the box and the inner bag of cereal.

It had started to slowly decompose but you could still make out its tiny features and wings.

Sehr added: “Everyone came running down the stairs when they heard me scream. I have never seen anything

like that before. The bat was definitely dead but it has put me off eating Kellogg’s ever again.

“All our family eat cereal for breakfast, but have been unable to do so after finding the bat.

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“We have loads of boxes in the kitchen cupboard which now won’t ever get eaten.”

Sehr’s dad contacted Kellogg’s, who offered the family vouchers for a new box and asked them to send the bat back to them so they could investigate how it came to be in their cereal.

She added: “It’s a bit of an insult to be offered another box of cereal when the complaint is about a box of cereal. Bats can carry all sorts of diseases. It’s not the sort of thing you expect to find in food .”

A Kellogg's spokesman said: “Kellogg’s adheres to very strict food safety rules that ensure our products are of the highest quality.

"We are taking this complaint seriously and have been in constant contact with Ms Rafique.”

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