Four-Foot Ball Python Discovered in Glendale’s Brand Park Trash Can

A Glendale maintenance worker got the surprise of a lifetime Monday morning after peeking inside a park trash can and finding a four-foot-long ball python curled up inside.

The unexpected discovery at Brand Park sent an animal control officer scrambling to the scene, where the slithery stowaway was captured and transported to Pasadena Humane for a full veterinary examination.

“We’re proud to have a team that shows compassion and care to all animals,” Pasadena Humane wrote.

The snake is now resting in a temperature-controlled enclosure and even getting the occasional soak in its pool, according to Pasadena Humane, which shared photos of the reptile on Instagram.

How the four-foot visitor wound up in a public garbage can remains a mystery. Officials have yet to determine where it came from or how it got there.

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But there’s no need to mistake this particular visitor for one of California’s native rattlesnakes.

Ball pythons are non-venomous, generally docile reptiles commonly kept as pets.

When frightened, they typically curl into a tight ball — hence the name.

The species is native to West and Central Africa, and ball pythons found in California are primarily associated with the pet trade, including imported snakes and animals bred in captivity and transported from other states.

There are no established wild populations of ball pythons in California, making an escaped or abandoned pet the likely explanation for the bizarre discovery, although the snake’s exact origins remain unknown.