[fintstone]

Had a huge one in my basement off and on for 3 years. Almost as big as a pigeon in flight. Could never find where it was getting in...it set of my motion detector alarms around midnight when it was set. They crawl very well through small holes, chimneys and such. Mine crawled under the basement door (I think) and was in my upstairs bedroom the other night when the wife went up to bed. Scared the crap out of her. I closed the doors and watched it fly around a while hoping that I would see how it got in...and noticed its radar was not detecting the ceiling fan that was on. After a minute or so...it flew right into the fan and clobbered itself...which was good for me after 3 years of trying to get rid of it...as if you catch them and let them go, they always come back unless you can seal them out (if nesting there). They are generally protected...so you can't just kill them...so a big problem if you can't keep them out.