A Maryland couple is suing the sellers of their new home, claiming they knew or should have known that it was snake infested.

Jody and Jeffrey Brooks got more than they bargained for when they bought their house in Annapolis, Maryland, for $410,000 and later found that it was infested with snakes.  The Brooks have sued the former owners for $2 million in damages, claiming the sellers knew or should have known of the snake infestation.

Shortly after purchasing their property, the Brooks found a snake skin in the home. Then, their four-year-old son saw a snake emerging from the house. Not long thereafter, they realized there were snakes everywhere. According to news reports, a contractor and snake inspector deemed the house snake-infested, noting that there were “highways in the basement walls that the snakes use to traverse the home.”

The sellers had been renting the house, not living there, and claimed they had no knowledge of the snakes. The Brooks dispute their response, noting that a tenant had previously raised the issue of a snake and therefore the sellers should have known there might be a problem.

—Source:  insider.foxnews.com