You Won't Believe What Happened!!!!
@LeaPea2417 (38834)
Toccoa, Georgia
November 15, 2025 10:38pm CST
Earlier today, late afternoon around 5 pm, my husband was at work, I was home alone. I had finished dusting a couple of tables when I saw something in my kitchen!!
What did I see? A 4 to 5 foot long black snake!!!!!!!!!!!!! I grabbed my phone, kindle and pocket book and ran out of the house.
I thought about jumping in to my car and driving to my husband's work, but I thought I should knock on my neighbor's door and see if they were home first. That is what I did and luckily they were home. I frantically told them.
My neighbor's husband got a bucket and stick from his shed and he and his wife walked over to my house, entered and found that tacky creature. He scooped it up in his bucket and took it off somewhere far.
I thanked my neighbors a lot. They are good people.
I texted my husband about this. He thinks it came through the dryer vent. I think he is probably right.
Here is a question for you here on MyLot. Since the snake was around our house and found a way in, are there more that could enter?
I have calmed down some. But, I am still pretty much a nervous wreck.
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@wolfgirl569 (125023)
• Marion, Ohio
14h
Glad your neighbor was home. You need to close that hole off with a screen
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@LeaPea2417 (38834)
• Toccoa, Georgia
8h
@wolfgirl569 We are now thinking it came through the dryer vent.
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@RebeccasFarm (90780)
• Arvada, Colorado
15h
Oh my..so scary ..glad you are okay Anne.
That happened to me once too. I cut its head off with a shovel. It slithered over my feet in the basement while I was doing laundry.
We had a 'rockery' in the garden and that's where it came from.
It was a big one too.
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@celticeagle (181926)
• Boise, Idaho
20h
If there's one there could be more. Ugh!
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@celticeagle (181926)
• Boise, Idaho
6h
@LeaPea2417 .........Can you close up the vent a bit? That experience would be quite unnerving.
@LeaPea2417 (38834)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7h
@celticeagle I know 
I am praying the snake repellent my husband will be laying out keeps them away . We think it came through the dryer vent.
I am praying the snake repellent my husband will be laying out keeps them away . We think it came through the dryer vent.1 person likes this
@DaddyEvil (161708)
• United States
19h
If one snake found its way in through the dryer vent, then more could come in the same way. At this time of year, snakes are looking for warmth and shelter from the cold. Snakes are cold-blooded so need an outside source of heat to stay comfortable and something to eat. If snakes can get in through the dryer vent, so can mice and rats which the snakes like to eat.
I hope your hubby is either good at patching up holes snakes and mice could get in through or you guys know a good pest-control company to come and fix the holes.
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@LeaPea2417 (38834)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7h
@DaddyEvil yes, thank goodness my husband is very handy and can patch holes well.
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@DaddyEvil (161708)
• United States
7h
@LeaPea2417 Good! I'm glad. That type of work done by a professional can be quite expensive!
I hope your hubby can take care of that quickly. I wouldn't like a snake or any animal, for that matter, coming into my house.
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@porwest (111235)
• United States
16h
In the case of snakes, he was probably and most likely just a loan intruder. But if he did, in fact, come in through the dryer vent, I'd get that issue fixed. It shouldn't be open. There should be a screen of sorts on it on the outside, and on the inside, there should be nothing open for anything to do anything but get stuck in the hose.
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@LeaPea2417 (38834)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7h
@porwest I totally agree. Thank goodness, my husband knows how to cover that.
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@porwest (111235)
• United States
6h
@LeaPea2417 Good thing. Because I wouldn't want any more, or anything else, finding its way in.
@2ndchances24 (11109)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
17h
thank god the neighbors were home to
get the snake, but as far as another 1
coming in, I wouldn't think so BUT, I
wouldn't put it past them. I would figure
out HOW to block where they came in at.
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@LeaPea2417 (38834)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7h
@2ndchances24 yes, my husband will block it. Thank goodness he is handy and knows how otherwise we would have to have Pest Control come out.
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@2ndchances24 (11109)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
6h
@LeaPea2417 
if there is a screen over
your dryer vent that won't obstruct the heat & the
lent that comes out then it shouldn't have got in
UNLESS there's another area you haven't seen.
if there is a screen over
your dryer vent that won't obstruct the heat & the
lent that comes out then it shouldn't have got in
UNLESS there's another area you haven't seen.
@GardenGerty (166478)
• United States
9h
I had a snake inside one of my client's homes when I worked with the adult disabled. The one girl ran faster than I have ever seen her looking for me (I was passing meds at another house.) The room mate was just as calm as could be and said "Poor thing, it must be cold." I scooped it up with a dustpan and took it away from the ladies' fourplex. That would have been all I would have needed, 8 panicked women. I see them here, but only outside. I like that they keep the mice away.
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@LeaPea2417 (38834)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7h
@GardenGerty That's brave to have scooped it up with a dust pan. How long was it?
@LeaPea2417 (38834)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7h
@AmbiePam I am still nervous because I read online that if there is one, there could be more. My husband is buying snake repellent to lay out today. I'm also wondering what kind of germs it left behind on the floor 
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@LeaPea2417 (38834)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7h
@LadyDuck I hate them too. I felt kinda ill last night and still feel off at the moment.
@IvySaysHi (4560)
• United States
10h
That had to have been such a terrifying thing to find! I couldn't imagine how I would react but I would be paranoid for a very long time especially having kids in the house. Glad your neighbors were able to help you out though!
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@LeaPea2417 (38834)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7h
@IvySaysHi I am still nervous, because I read online that if there is one there could be more nearby. My husband is buying snake repellent today to put out.
@Traceyjayne (6569)
• United Kingdom
8h
Thank goodness for neighbours …..im not sure I would have had time to grab anything ….i would have been out that door as fast as my little legs would carry me !
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@LeaPea2417 (38834)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7h
@Traceyjayne yes, thank goodness they were there and knew what to do.
@LindaOHio (206052)
• United States
16h
I'm glad you have a neighbor that can corral a snake. Yes, more could get in. DE has some good suggestions. Snakes don't bother me too much unless they are poisonous.
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@LeaPea2417 (38834)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7h
@LindaOhio I know there could be more. Yes, my husband will patch holes and lay out repellent. I still feel nervous until he finishes doing it.
@MarieCoyle (50867)
•
23h
Oh, no way...I am no snake lover. I wouldn't even be able to handle that at all, I would have left, too. Snakes are sneaky, and I just don't like sneaky!
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@LeaPea2417 (38834)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7h
@MarieCoyle I agree. My neighbor's were lucky that when they walked in to my house, that it was visible because if it had slid off somewhere and was hiding itself, I would have had to go stay at my son's house until it was found and exterminated.
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@MarieCoyle (50867)
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59m
@LeaPea2417
I hope you can figure out how it got inside your home, so that you can take care of it and no more snakes!!
@RasmaSandra (90849)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
6h
Oh my since you don't really know where it actually came form you should ahve this checked out there surely could be more,
