A 4-foot ball python who surprised employees when it turned up this week at a Monrovia In-N-Out is back home in an unlikely reunion surrounded with mystery.

Henny showed up Monday in the San Gabriel Valley fast-food restaurant's drive-thru. An employee brought the constricting snake to Pasadena Humane, which posted an image of the python and its recognizable markings on social media with a request to help find the owner.

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In an update posted Thursday , Pasadena Humane said a woman saw a story about the python on a television newscast and recognized the "alien-like" patterns. In August, the snake escaped from her family's home about 40 miles east of Monrovia in San Bernardino , according to Pasadena Humane.

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