I was getting ready to go to bed early and got up to leave the living room. Across the kitchen floor was an uninvited guest, a 3 foot long snake. IN THE HOUSE...! I called a close friend, ended up calling the police. (I didn't know who else to call) Jonathan, the son of a friend, came over to help...and eventually the "Animal Control" officer came. He had this reacher thing...opened the closet where the snake was under the hot water heater...grabbed the snake...put it in a bucket and that was it...over. No big deal for him.
The snake was not poisonous...I don't like any snake. The animal control officer assured me that he would take the snake to an open wilderness area and release it. So no harm came to the snake that got my heart rate and adrenaline moving. We are still not sure how the snake got into the house...or how long it had been hiding out. I slept very little that night.
I am still a little nervous when I open that closet door.
