Snake captured in Burger King drive thru

EAST MOLINE, IA (KTRK) -- A special guest made a stop at a Burger King restaurant in Iowa, and it had employees calling police.

Sitting in the drive thru: A large boa constrictor.

"I had a customer complain, and I'm just like, 'Oh, I just think it's maybe a garden snake,'" said Lexie Johnson, the assistant manager at Burger King. "I come out here. I see it's a huge anaconda-looking snake, so I'm like, 'Ahh!' and I run back in and I call the police station. They direct me towards animal control."

Employees then tried to keep the snake occupied while waiting for the cops.

"I had a couple of my employees taming it with a broomstick to keep it calm to keep it here so it doesn't run away," Johnson said.

Police were able to capture the snake, but the mystery of where it came from is still unanswered. They are now working to find it a home.

Johnson told WQAD she believes the snake was just hungry.

"It smelled the whopper and all it did was want a sandwich," Johnson said.