There was a live snake in my basement!

I have seen plenty of snakes around my houses; I say houses because I have lived in several houses. While I was working, my job took me to several places. I had an opportunity to live in different cities. However, during one such assignment I had a strange visitor to my house. It happened during day. This uninvited intruder took me aback. The bungalow I lived in was had many big trees around. There was a herd of monkeys perched on the trees. Sometimes I used to see their whole family hopping around from one branch to another. They did no harm. They never stole anything. We generously gave them bread or something or the other to eat. One day one of the monkeys sneaked into my bedroom. It was a huge fellow with a black face and a pink behind. It had a very long tail. When I spotted it, it bared his teeth. I too did the same, but not in anger, I smiled. This made him bit comfortable. He knew I intend no harm. He began moving around nonchalantly. Only thing I noticed was that he was stinking terribly. I had to call my workers to get him out of the house. He was happy to join his family who it seems were missing him. That was the only time the monkey came in. May be he was hungry. He came inside the house in search of food.

Christmas, snakes could really be unnerving. My old home was in a village filled with trees and wild grass. I counted 27 snakes, one of which was a cobra. In my new home, a black one entered my home four days ago. My Chinese friend said that they have this belief that when snakes show themselves to you, you will be blessed because snakes do not ordinarily show themselves to people. Let's wait what will be your blessing!

OMGOSH, I could not handle that, lol. Glad the guy was there to help u. I have never had anything worse than a big ol' spider one time . He was huge. I was down at my former inlaws once. My mil was in the hospital & i was cooking a meal for my fil. I was looking for something & opened a drawer that undoubtedly wasn't used often & OUT POOPED THIS LITTLE HEAD. sCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME, I SCREAMED BLOODY MURDER , & MY FIL WHO WAS DISABLED BEAT MY HUSBAND TO THE KITCHEN, LOL.It was 3 baby racoons in the drawer. Have a happy day.

well if theres anything scares me its snakes, harmless or not. anyone knows this if they read some of my very first discussions from 3 yrs ago. i was living in a mobile park in florida, right in town and still snakes, mostly black ones and garden ones were coming right up on my patio! one of the many reasons i picked up and moved back here with son. snakes ran me off. when we were in the hills country of ohio, 30 yrs ago, we had a copperhead in our kitchen one night slide under the frig. my hubby then got it and killed it but i wasnt comfortable in that place ever again. it seems if theres a snake anywhere, they are attracted to my space

I have a lot of greenery around and it is quite natural for reptiles to be there but we have clear concrete paths and we can see them moving about which is quite rare though.Our dog alerts us by giving a particular bark but it never goes near them.

WOW! That must've been a fright! We had a few snakes over our house for a few years. It's scary because it's a boa ( i think, we call it sawa in my native tongue). Our house is beside a huge unoccupied plot of land that has a lot of wild grass in it. Actually, when our house was being built, the foreman found a snake nest on our land. They had to destroy all the eggs. poor snakes :( We live inside a subdivision by the way. It's not really a rural area but unoccupied plots remain untouched. First encounter was the snake was slithering along the tires of our car. You hav to be amazed at how insensitive their bodies are to gravel! Our house was newly built then, we only have a few bags of gravel strewn out in our front lawn to serve as a garage. Second encounter was again, outside, near our car, but we had a car port then. The went under our small store (called sari sari store, sells basic commodities). Third encounter was when the snake went in the house through the back door. I was asleep then, I heard my mum shouting very loudly. All of us were females (except for my brother who was about 9 or 10 yrs old then). Good thing our neighbor's "boy" (someone who takes care of the house, somewhat like a maid) shooed the snake away. Take note, he "shooed" it away. amazing! Fourth encounter was during typhoon ondoy, which devastated my country. There were a lot of baby snakes swimming in the flood. We had to cut their heads just to be sure that they wouldn't bite us. poor snakes :( That's about it. haha. too much encounters right?

that would be pretty creepy to have that happen. i wouldnt like that to happen to me. i would be totally scared too.

Hi, Christmas2006. I know that you must have been so scared! I am very glad that you are okay! I would have been been freaked out to see an garden snake! I know that I would be very scared to go down into the basement for anything. This is very scary. I hope that you will not have anymore snake problems at all. Take care and stay safe!

I remember years ago in my parents basement going down the to do a load of laundry and the uninvited guest in my basement was a female ghost standing between the washer and the boiler. All dressed in yellow from her flowing hair to her dress to to the floor. I dropped the laundry basket flew up the stairs screaming. My parents came running and said oh my GOD you are as white as a ghost. Yes of course because I just saw one. I explained what happened and of course it was gone by the time my dad got down the stairs to check it out.

I live in India and in most of the Indian villages snake is a common guest. However it is not the same case with Indian cities where people panic on experiencing a situation like you had. In villages you can find snakes crawling near the entrance and people would never mind it. Snakes never hurt you unless you hurt them. This is their view and that is true. I have been to villages to spend my vacation and i have seen a lot of snakes. I got panicked but not the villagers. They are used to it. Although the snakes are quite poisonous( Cobra) none reported snake bites in my 1 month stay there

a mouse was the only thing that was an uninvited guest in my house :)) but i caught him him quickli :P i did not have any snakes becouse i live in an apartmen at the third flour

Oh i hate snakes. They are to be beneficial but not to me either. I am luck i have not seen one in a couple of years.

Oh, it's really scared to see a snake suddenly. I hate snakes, they are cold-blooded, some of them are poisonous, even lethal. Totally, I hate all the cold-blooded creatures The strangest uninvited intruders in my house are ants. These small insect trouble my family very much. They can bite and cause a big rash on the skin, they spoil our food and drink... We have tried a lot of method to wipe out them, but none worked well.

gee... but I do like snakes you know..

that must have freaked you out---women are really scary when it comes to creepy things which pop in suddenly and they just start screaming and hoping around.my mom is really scary when it comes to lizards,leeches,cockroaches---she just starts running with fear.May be another one might creep in coz of your hospitality lol as you didnt kill the first one----some villagers in my place just kill snakes when they come accross one.great day.