Hundreds of Snakes Living in the Burrow Under the House
No Spare Funds to Move to Temporary Shelter
A single mom in her 40s in the United States, who scraped together money to buy a house, has drawn attention after it was revealed that hundreds of snakes were living beneath her home.
According to the Washington Post (WP) on the 11th (local time), Amber Hall (42), who lives in Colorado, purchased her first-ever home in Centennial, Colorado, last March. The house has four bedrooms and a backyard.
She spent all the money she had saved over more than ten years working as a nurse while raising two children. However, just two weeks after moving in, on April 25, Hall noticed her dog curled up in a corner of the garage. When she approached, she saw several snakes entering a hole in the wall.
Upon inspecting the wall, she found even more snakes inside. Hall called a snake hunter, who caught more than twenty snakes inside the garage, but she reported that snakes continue to appear in the house almost daily even two weeks later.
Wildlife inspectors who examined the site said it appears that hundreds of snakes have been living in a burrow beneath the house for about two years.
The snakes found in Hall’s home are garter snakes, which are fortunately non-venomous. However, large snakes measuring 61 to 122 cm have been continuously found inside and outside the house, leaving the family uneasy.
To eliminate the snake burrow, the deck and concrete floor above it would need to be broken up and removed. However, since Hall scraped together all her money to buy the house, she does not have the funds for construction or even to move to temporary housing.
Hall lamented, "I poured everything I had into moving into this house," adding, "I don’t think I can live here peacefully."
In the U.S., it is not uncommon for unwelcome "cohabiting animals" to be found in homes like this.
Last December, 318 kg of acorns collected by woodpeckers were found inside the wall of a house in California.
WP also added that in Pennsylvania, about 450,000 honeybees lived in a home for approximately 35 years before relocating in 2021.
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