What's the deal?

[metalcopper]

I had to give mine to a friend 11 years ago. My daughter was born, we lived in a 2 bedroom duplex, and my snake room became the baby's room. He was a 12 foot male named Mark. He was the best snake, never bit me, never flinched while walking around him on the floor.
One time, he got out of his cage, back when I still lived with my mom, and he was gone for about 2 weeks. I went into the basement looking around for him again and couldn't find him. 10 minutes later my mom goes downstairs to do some laundry and there he was, hanging half way out of the ceiling. She calmly says, "I found Mark".
It's too bad they have gotten a bad rep, awesome snakes!