over the 40 years of marriage I have had snake of all kinds in my houses(we moved a lot) the last one was last year. My husband went out and nearly stood on a brown snake. Now over the years I have become terrified of snakes uuuugggg hate those snakes. DH froze unusual for him. I had to jump over the snake and get the shovel sh poor DH can try to get it out from under the stairs. the snake got away in the laundry some where( we live in a low house and the laundry is outside. It took at least 1/2hour for DH to relax. and I STILL HATE SNAKES I cannot even stand seeing them on TV. I have to either look away or go out of the room.