First day of my retirement, I decided to do some heavy duty housecleaning. Pulled the washer and dryer out and cleaned behind them. Pulled the lint hose off and reached in to remove the glob of lint in the ‘s’ curve...there was a petrified snake coiled up amongst the lint. Our dryer vents out through the roof of a 2 story house. He came in through the roof. I’m more cautious now.
Every few years we have a small snake slither in through the back patio glass doors. One time it was a small rattlesnake that I had to take care of with a shovel in the kitchen. Wife always seems to find them and fortunately I have been around to deal with them.
That’s one reason I don’t want to move. There’s going to be all sorts of things no one wants to see in the dark corners.
During a Florida winter, my dad went under the house to check for frozen pipes. In that dark environment, he saw a sizable shadow move. Two takeaways: Fastest egress ever from under a house; frozen pipes? what frozen pipes?