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He'd already had one interview for night, he met up with Katie shown her the picture's he'd taken of some the damage, some of the bats laying about and people waiting to treated by the paramedics. There were plenty of them. They need more interviews and more pictures to choose from of course, so they split again to finish up for the night, finding more people to talk to.

There were a lot of people there, many with scratches and bites ... the bites were the most strange. He wondered if they were vampire bats, but he'd sworn they never went after people. He shook his head and made his way around camera in hand in case a good photo opportunity came up.

Ryan spotted the other on the ground by the emptied stall, he snapped a quick picture because the scent the guy presented was golden and approached him slowly, not terribly sure the guy was up for talking, but he was alone and didn't look as panicked as some of the others. Tired, yes, but fleeting no.

"Hello," he said his camera dangle at his side for a moment. "I take it you were caught up in the bat attack."

"Do you mind if I talk to you about what happened," he said not introducing himself just yet, but his press badge attached to his jacket was a dead giveaway with the papers name scrawled across it.

Ryan was surprised to see the guy smile at him when most were so shaken up. As a photographer it got a little easier to see a smile that wasn't terrible genuine. It was certainly convincing all the same, he figured. He was ready to ask a few question as inexperienced as he was with the actual interview and article writing part of the process.

He's expected question, but how long he'd been doing this wasn't one of them. "I'm actually a photojournalist and I've not been doing this very long. Just a few months, but my partner and I seem to be doing well for ourselves and the editor is happy with our work."

He knelt down at level and pulled his tablet out, getting the pen ready so he could take notes. "First, things first, could I get your name, then we can talk about what you remember about the night, before the bats attacked. Everything seem normal? A run of the mill night?"

Ryan gave a laugh, "Thank you, that make me feel more at ease. It's likely because I've a lot of experience working with people being a photographer. My final study in college was on motion especially how lighting effected the perseption of it. Ive photographed a lot of people."

He nodded as Myles spoke and made notes of other questions to ask as he taking down what the other said. "From what I've gathered the construction workers disturbed the nest, yes. Animals are not very tolerant of such things. Though I find it odd they descended upon the festival. Your would think that they just attack the workers and maybe the machinery. I intend to check out the site, but I think I ought to wait for daybreak."

"I've heard that a lot too, everyone seems to be saying they were quite large in size. Ive seen and taken a few pictures of smaller ones that met their demise, but I have run across the larger ones."

"When they attacked is there anything you remember in pareticular about it or again was there anything that stands out?"

Ryan laughed and nodded, "yes, but like I said I'm going to wait until daybreak. I've no desire to be attacked if they are and most, maybe all bats are nocturnal. Can't take everyones word thats where they came from."

He made a face at the mention of huge bats, " on that note I should ask for an estimate on the actual size of the bats, in feet if you please. I've got an estimate from another witness which isn't very believable if I'm honest."

His went to the ice pack the other had assuming it hid the bit he'd gotten. "Would you mind terribly if I could see the injury and possibly take a picture?" He had a picture of the other before he walked up, but a complimenting picture of the injury would be rather nice. While for the most part Katie would be writing the article, Ryan's photos would paint one hell of a visual picture.

Ryan chuckled at the comment about looking terrible, "I will keep your face out of the picture, then bite marks are what is important. Though looking terrible is what will really sell the image, as far painting a picture of this disaster for the paper." He realized he might not be able to use the picture he'd taken moments before, but that was okay with a closeup shot.

He pulled his camera up, zooming in and adjusting the focus, before snapping a picture. The tiny holes came up clearly on the cameras screen and hummed at it before turning the camera for Myles to see. "It's not pretty and it will likely bruise pretty badly, but there are worst things in this world."

He carefully placed the camera at his side and grabbed his tablet again. "That just, no offense seems very far fetched, but I will check youtube later ... I bet their will be video to back up the claim ... or well suggest something else, like the bat bites being something of a hallucinogen. You statement is definitely in line the with the woman I interviewed."

"I suppose that is enough for now though, you look like you could use some medical attention and the ambulances aren't far. I could help you there if you like ... if not for patching up, then at least for some fluids. I think there are volunteers handing out orange juice, much like at a blood drive."

"I can certainly do that," Ryan said reaching out a hand to help steady the wobbly man. "Easy there, blood loss plus standing to quickly isn't something I believe is a good thing. Don't quote me on that though, I'm no doctor."

He moved toward the ambulances keeping a hand on Myles shoulder. "It's okay. I have heard that and I can confirm it to be true, but as I doubt you ran into that girl I spoke ..." he said pausing for a moment to see if the other would contradict him.

"There must be some truth in it, maybe not so enormous, maybe they were, but definitely not miniature bats. I will keep looking and talking to other's, thank you though. You have been most informative and I hope you enjoy the article and it doesn't bother you too much after this experience."

He grinned, he wasn't trying discount what the other said, but he had to be a least a little realistic even if they did live in the city of nightmares, or which he was one of those nightmares.