A chicken keeper in Florida has spent almost a year trying to get rid of a 6-foot yellow rat snake that keeps slipping back into the coop for eggs. The homeowner has caught the same snake three times and relocated it farther away each time, most recently about 12 miles to a nature preserve. The …

Severe thunderstorms tore through parts of east Frederick County, Maryland on Sunday night. The storms damaged homes, barns, and businesses and knocked out power for residents all over the area. They struck hardest around Libertytown, where around 100 trees were snapped, uprooted, or toppled. By Monday, several streets were still impassable, with downed wires and …

A Portland, Oregon, homeowner spent weeks attempting to remove a homeless camp from his backyard. Jim Jensvold first discovered the camp when the person who trims his trees mentioned an uninvited guest on the wooded property below his home, according to KATU. The single camper soon became a larger encampment. Cleaning everything out ended up …

An alleged serial squatter said to have terrorized Malibu homeowners by exploiting California’s tenant-friendly rental laws is now the subject of a new Hulu docuseries. Ellie Mae McNulty has faced years of complaints from residents who say she charmed her way into their homes and then would not leave, Fox News reported. She has denied …

Louisville Metro Police arrested Zachary Bailey on Saturday after officers say he broke into a home and chased one of its residents with a weapon resembling a medieval flail. Court documents accuse him of threatening to kill the homeowner inside. He’s now being held ahead of his first court date, WAVE3 reported. Officers were called …

A homeowner in Palm Springs says his HOA has spent over a year going after him over his entry gate’s color. Jordan Smith, who lives in the gated Escena community, calls their actions effort selective enforcement and harassment, KESQ reported. The association doesn’t agree and is in fact disputing the account. Smith says the trouble …

A 59-year-old Oklahoma City man is charged in a deadly shooting after he confronted two people he said were trespassing on his empty property. Timothy Smith is being held on charges of first-degree manslaughter and reckless conduct with a firearm, KOCO reported. The shooting happened May 1 near Southwest 44th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The …

An Army veteran who was blinded in service has received the keys to a specially adapted home in Bradenton, Florida. Dozens of people gathered for a ceremony to honor Sgt. 1st Class Aaron Cornelius and welcome him into the house, WWSB reported. He said he was thrilled with the place. Homes for Our Troops, a …

The last living “witness tree” outside Abraham Lincoln’s former home in Springfield, Illinois, an American linden, was destroyed during severe storms Thursday night, according to The New York Times. A park ranger at the home confirmed the damage. The tree had stood beside it since before the Civil War. A line of thunderstorms swept across …

A woman named Megan Perry says the neighbors who bought the land surrounding her rural home have walled it in with mounds of dirt and manure reaching 10 feet high. The mother of five has lived on her property in Dooralong on the New South Wales Central Coast for 12 years. However, she says everything …