We had a sump pump in the basement. One summer I went down to the creek... and I cought around a dozen garder snakes. I brought them all home and set up the perfect home for them in the basement in an aquariam. I loved my snakes.
Then Mom approached me one day and said that the snakes had all escaped and slithered out the sump pump and out the drain. I think she was telling me a story just to get rid of my snakes.