This article originally published at Python at Calif. In-N-Out drive-thru reunited with owners nearly 50 miles away.

A family was devastated when their 6-year-old son's pet python disappeared, only for it to be recovered 50 miles away at a fast food restaurant.

Calling the animal a "beautiful python," the shelter said the employee found the snake that afternoon. The worker called the humane shelter to arrange pickup, a spokesperson for the shelter told USA ...