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.
Didn't you check to see if the snakes were ok? You said your mom may have been joking. So what happened? Were the snakes still there?