A recent news report for Wyoming Public Radio claims the Wyoming Department of Health is tracking down visitors from 38 states and seven countries after hundreds of people were potentially exposed to rabies at a hotel in Grand Teton National Park.

They say at least 200 guests who stayed at Jackson Lake Lodge from May 15 to July 27 may have been exposed to a suspected bat colony at the hotel.

A block of the cottage-style hotel rooms — rooms 516, 518, 520, 522, 524, 526, 528 and 530 — are thought to have bats living in the attic space above.

After eight reported bat encounters since June, a lodge in Grand Teton National Park closed eight rooms on July 27 due to the likelihood of a bat colony residing above them.

Health officials are identifying and contacting all potentially exposed gu

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