Mongolian death worm

Takeshi Yamada In August 2009, two New Zealanders carrying a video camera and a sack of explosives set off to a remote corner of Mongolia's Gobi desert in search of a creature few believe exist. The Mongolian Death Worm is known locally as the Allghoi Khorkhoi, or the "intestine worm," because it is supposed to resemble the internal tract of a cow. (The accompanying picture is a sculptor's rendering of the beast.) According to legend, the worm lurks beneath the sand of the desert, pouncing on unsuspecting victims by shooting bolts of lightning and acid from what appears to be a teeth-lined rectum. The Kiwi duo intend to lure it to the surface with tremors set off by detonating their explosives. Once it emerges, they hope to capture the worm on film, though not in the flesh. "I have no intention of grabbing it, stuffing it or anything like that," says the expedition's head, David Farrier, wisely. Next

This month’s cryptid is a historical one – writings of it date back to the 1920s, and though it lives on in infamy to today, I don’t think it’s one of the more well-known cryptids out there. Today we’ll be examining the origins and various run-ins with the so-called Mongolian Death Worm. Let’s explore. Origins and Documentation The first known written mention of the Mongolian Death Worm came in a book called On the Trail of Ancient Man , which was published in 1926 and written by Chapman Andrews. In this book, the Prime Minister of Mongolia is cited as describing the worm as a sausage in 1922. The quote then goes on to explain that it lives in remote areas in the Gobi Desert. The same citation was made in another of Chapman Andrews’s books entitled The New Conquest of Central Asia, which was published in 1932. Aside from these two books, it does not seem that there are any historical mentions of the Mongolian Death Worm – not in local literature, folklore, mythology, or any other form of culture. When sightings did begin to pop up in the Gobi Desert, it was called olgoi-khorkhoi – which translates to the large intestine worm. In 1983, locals who claimed they had seen the olgoi-khorkhoi were shown a Tartar sand boa – whose scientific name is Eryx tartaricus. Those who were shown the sand boa confirmed that it was the creature they saw and referred to as the olgoi-khorkhoi. (The tartar sand boa. via iNaturalist ) Appearance There are a ton of different descriptions of what t...

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The bizarre monster has been described as a giant, sausage-shaped worm about two feet long, with no head or legs, and is said to be highly poisonous. Despite numerous investigations, no conclusive evidence has ever been found to support the existence of this creature. The first known Western account of the Mongolian Death Worm was in Roy Chapman Andrews’s 1926 book “ 7. Is the Mongolian Death Worm real? What is the Mongolian Death Worm? The Mongolian Death Worm, also known as “ Descriptions of this cryptid vary, but witnesses generally depict it as a reddish-brown, sausage-shaped creature measuring approximately two feet in length. One notable account comes from Belgian painter Pieter Dirkx, who created an interpretation of the creature based on descriptions given by Mongolian officials. The legends surrounding the Mongolian Death Worm contain tales of its lethal nature. Local belief holds that mere contact with the creature can lead to instant death due to its potent venom, perpetuating the aura of danger and intrigue surrounding the worm. Furthermore, its supposed ability to burrow deep into the desert sands of the Gobi and surface sporadically adds to its elusiveness. The creature’s unique behavior of creating waves of sand on the surface has been reported by eyewitnesses. These distinctive sand patterns left behind after the Mongolian Death Worm’s rare appearances have been considered potential clues to its presence. However, scientific investigations have not offered ...

If I could go back to my childhood I would have never waited for rainstorms to flush out all of the earthworms for me to grab, place on leaves, and send down the flooded gutters into the sewers. I thought it was a funny race. But now I wish I could take it all back. Because in tropical oceans there exists a worm that could violently avenge its relatives. This is Eunice aphroditois, also known as the bobbit worm, a mix between Tremors, Starship Troopers, and a rainbow – but it’s a really dangerous rainbow, Mario Kart. And it hunts in pretty much the most nightmarish way imaginable, digging itself into the sea floor, exposing a few inches of its body – which can grow to 10 feet long – and waiting. Using five antennae, the bobbit worm senses passing prey, snapping down on them with supremely muscled mouth parts, called a pharynx. It does this with such speed and strength that it can split a fish in two. And that, quite frankly, would be a merciful exit. If you survive initially, you get to find out what it’s like to be yanked into the worm’s burrow and into untold nightmares. A mix between the Mongolian death worm, the Graboids from Tremors, the Bugs from Starship Troopers, and a rainbow.“What happens next is rather unknown, especially because they have not been observed directly,” Luis F. Carrera-Parra and Sergio I. Salazar-Vallejo, ecologists specializing in annelid polychaetes at El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR) in Campeche, Mexico, wrote in a joint email to WIRED. “...