Rarely, sheep bot fly larvae can enter the eye sockets of humans—as was the case with the 53-year old Frenchman—most likely in areas where people live in close proximity to livestock.

BLACKSBURG — A research group at Virginia Tech is trying to figure out if a drone hovering overhead will make a flock of sheep — well — sheepish.

But after a few weeks, he said the scores generally came down. By the end, he said the sheep couldn’t care less about the drones. The results haven’t been published yet.