Patty Hearst was a snake.

That's what I named it while it stubbornly hid. Three hours after I first saw it I gave up and went to lay on the couch when, voila! It appeared, moving toward the couch. Emma alerted me to the situation and I acted. I jumped up, grabbed the broom and swept it half way across the house. A fifteen minutes stare down followed because I was so scared. Every time I would try and move it towards the door it would strike at the broom. I finally bit the bullet and then helped it's1 1/2 feet of length find their way outside. MAN did it give me the heebie-jeebies!