Snakes in the Store

The story of the deer that caused power outages last week was on my mind yesterday when I ran the alarm calls for the weekend. Imagine my surprise when the cause of a false alarm at a retail store was purported to be a snake. It is believed that the snake entered the control room for warmth as temperatures dropped. The snakes movement set off the motion detectors and thus the alarm. I believe that this is the first snake on record for my unit, although we have plenty of alarms caused by other animals. In fact, many alarms at warehouse stores are caused by birds that have entered and not been able to exit. What is the strangest animal that you have heard caused a false alarm?

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