THE WWII “BAT BOMB” EXPERIMENT RIGHT HERE IN BOERNE 🦇💣 Did you know South Texas bats were once part of a secret WWII military project? The U.S. tested bombs packed with bats carrying tiny incendiary devices—an idea so wild it accidentally burned down a base in New Mexico during testing. The weapon never saw deployment (the government opted for the atomic bomb instead 😳), but the story lives on at the Kendall County Historic Jail Museum in downtown Boerne, home to the only known “Bat Bomb” exh