Receptionist stunned to find a baby bat in her BRA

When Abbie Hawkins felt a strange vibrating sensation in her bra while at work she simply assumed that it was her mobile phone ringing.

The hotel receptionist was therefore rather taken aback to discover that it was actually a bat that had made its home in her underwear – and that it had been there all morning.

As amused hotel staff crowded around the front desk to get a better look, a shocked Miss Hawkins delved into her bra and pulled out the small furry creature.

Abbie poses with a plastic bat and shows off the bra that proved so appealing to the real thing

Miss Hawkins, 19, who works at the Holiday Inn near Norwich International Airport said: ‘Once I realised it was a bat I was shocked, but then I felt quite sorry for it really.

‘It looked very snug in there and I thought how mean I was for disturbing it."

The bat had remained hidden in her bra since she had got ready for work that morning and had lain undetected until lunchtime.

‘I did not notice anything as I put my bra on. The night before I had had one or two drinks and I was getting ready quickly.

‘The bra was in my drawer but it had been on the washing line the day before,’ said Abbie.

‘When I was driving to work I felt a slight vibration but I thought it was just my mobile phone in my jacket pocket.

‘It was quite a busy morning and I did not for one minute think it was anything other than my mobile.’

It wasn't until midday when she took her phone out of her pocket and still felt something moving.

A shocked Abbie Hawkins recreates the moment she realised she had a furry little guest in her bra

‘I plucked up the courage to investigate and I pulled out a little baby bat. I just lost my breath when I saw it and I did not know what it was at first,’ said Miss Hawkins.

As the frightened creature tried to hide form the crowd of hotel staff the hotel’s manager took it aside and set it free.

‘I keep thinking how could I have not known it was there?’ said Miss Hawkins.

‘Whenever I talk about it nobody believes me. Thank goodness people at work saw what happened or people may have thought I was crazy’

A spokesperson for the Bat Conservation Trust said they had never heard of a bat being found in a bra before.

But she said there had been cases of bats being found in a toiletry bag, an umbrella, and the lining of a coat that was not being worn.

She said: ‘Bats hibernate during the winter but in May and June they have babies and that is when people are most likely to find bats.

‘Bats often roost in trees or under roof tiles - anywhere that is dark or safe.’