Ben and Amber Sessions bought the sprawling house for a song in 2009, but when they moved, in they discovered the house was infested with thousands of garter snakes.
The ground outside the home sometime looked like it was moving, and the sound of snakes slithering through the walls kept them awake at night.
"It was like living in one of those horror movies," 31-year-old Ben Sessions said.
Experts said the home was likely built on a winter snake sanctuary - called a hibernaculum - where snakes gather to hibernate for the winter.
The infestation meant the family could rarely eat at home because their well water was tainted by a foul smelling musk that snakes release to warn predators.
In the mornings, the couple and their two small sons would do a "morning sweep" to make sure no snakes had made it inside.
"It was just so stressful," 27-year-old Amber said. "It felt like we were living in Satan's lair, that's the only way to really explain it."
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