We live in NC and we found a 4 and 1/2 foot Eastern King Snake on our cellar steps last week. We live in an old farmhouse with outside access to the basement. He was curled up there on the brick steps having an afternoon rest. They are not supposed to be aggressive but he wasn’t happy to be disturbed.
This copperhead was not initially happy with my shovel. I whacked it once as he continued to strike it, then I managed to toss him out of the garage. Then he crawled back UNDER the closed garage door, and hid. That is when I brought in someone else with a sharp shovel, while I held a 9mm handgun just in case.