Police revealed that Goose,​ the five-foot-long water monitor lizard who escaped a home in Webster, Massachusetts,​ two weeks ago, was difficult to find because it had been hiding under tree roots, around two miles from its home.

Officials are sharing more details on the two-week escape of a large lizard from a Webster, Massachusetts, home, which ended Saturday with the animal’s successful capture.

A homecoming in Webster on Monday after a wayward lizard was finally found by wildlife experts. “Goose,” a missing water monitor lizard was captured a few days ago when authorities got a call from a resident walking through Douglas State Forest. The resident spotted the five-foot-long reptile and snapped a photo of him.