I think it came from blind of course bats that had hearing and sonar issues who flew into a big church bell and flew in circles inside and their head and body “dinged” the bell
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Rob:
January 5th, 2016 at 10:02 pm
I think it came from blind of course bats that had hearing and sonar issues who flew into a big church bell and flew in circles inside and their head and body “dinged” the bell