OFF RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. — You have heard about snakes on a plane, but what about snakes on a boat?

A family near Riviera Beach got a big surprise last month when they opened their sock drawer on their houseboat.

They saw a beautiful Eastern Rat Snake staring right back at them.

They think the yellow fellow had crawled onto their boat to escape bad weather.

A friend went to grab the slithery snake, but it did not want to move.

The snake bit him on the hand. But not to worry, he only suffered a scratch and Eastern Rat Snakes are not venomous.

The family relocated the reptile to its natural habitat, AKA not on a boat!

South Florida family gets snake surprise in their sock drawer

Steve Owen