Over the years, I’ve heard some pretty crazy stories about lots of different topics. From the fence company who installed the beautiful fence three feet into the neighbor’s yard to the handyman who earned an “A” in punctuality for showing up just in time to dial 911 and save the member’s life during a heart attack, the List is packed with stories. But, some of the most bizarre experiences I hear about have to do with wild animals.

We recently heard about a woman in Dallas who woke up one night to an awful banging noise. After searching the house, she discovered it was coming from her air conditioning unit outside. She immediately turned it off and in the morning, called an air conditioning company. When they came out, they discovered a large snake had climbed up onto the fan when the unit was off. When the air kicked on in the middle of the night… well, the snake didn’t fair well. Needless to say, there was not much they could do for the poor snake at that point.

Angie’s List is an animal-friendly company, and while we were sad to hear about the snake’s demise, we found the story and photos quite remarkable.

Yesterday, Bob Vila’s blog, “On The Level” wrote about us as a good resource for finding information about the contractors you hire.  We certainly appreciate the recognition of the hard work we do to keep Angie's List reliable, accurate, and easy to use.  We’re going to keep working at this until we have ratings on each company in town, but we can’t do that without you!  Submit those reviews about all your hiring experiences because that’s the only way we get information on the companies in your city!

By the way, the shoe sniffing incident mentioned in the blog actually happened to an Angie’s List member. Better check those companies on Angie’s List before you hire them and find them enjoying the aroma of your closet!