Did you see the TV show about it? I can't remember the name of it right now. I think it was on Animal Planet. It was always about different infestations.
My house would "conveniently" burn to the ground after a few nights of THAT!!!!
I'm not even THAT afraid of snakes, but I don't want to live with them, ya know? The water thing would just be nasty!!
ETA: Imagine if they had cats. LOL my sister's cats would occasionally go crazy when a mouse came in the shared walls in her apartment, but it was occasional not infested!