AN AUSSIE shock jock has fought off a 3.5 metre python which has been terrorising suburb popping up in random toilet bowls.

Ellie, the olive python has been surprising the people of Palmerston in the NT by popping up in random toilet bowls.

On Monday, she had a crack at infiltrating radio shock jock Pete Davies' bedroom, the NT News reports.

The Mix 104.9 broadcaster fashioned a crook from an old crab pot to single-handedly wrangle the reptile in his bedroom before releasing her into a nearby park.

Ellie was yesterday reunited with a family in Gunn after being picked up by the NT Parks and Wildlife Commission in Rosebery.

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