Originally Posted by MoAlpha

Last season, LSS and I were sailing upwind in sporty conditions, requiring quite a bit of attention and muscle, when a snake suddenly appeared in the cockpit. It was a small, fairly innocent looking thing, but the driver's shriek still rings in my ears. To her credit, she held it together. The creature disappeared into the nether regions of the boat and was never seen again. And believe me, I looked!

When we moved into our previous house there was a large snake residing in the garage and the basement, depending on time of day and temperature. We had a Russian couple in to paint the place and one day he tried to pick it up, thinking it was a rubber model and planning to play a joke on his wife...