Rabid Vampire Bats Attack 500 In Peruvian Village 3.61K Adrian Chen 08/13/10 02:02AM Filed to: Scary Scary bats peru attacks Amazon Not the kind of story you want to read at 2:00am on Friday the 13th, but here it is: Rabid vampire bats are attacking a Peruvian village! Four children have died of the disease, and over 500 have been bitten.