A Springwood police officer was given the shock of her life when an eight foot long carpet python plummeted down on her from a tree.

Local police were observing two suspicious people loitering around a van parked off Daisy Hill Forest at the time.

A police officer reported a python fell on her while she was checking out suspicious types in Daisy Hill. Credit:QPS

While speaking with the pair, Constable Lyniece Rostant said she felt something coming down from the tree above them.

"There had been a few showers around and I felt a spray from above that landed in my hair," Constable Rostant said.