Mongolian Death Worm

By The Manolith Team on February 18th, 2009

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The Mongolian death worm sounds like a creature out of some sci-fi movie and the scientific community will neither confirm or reject its acceptance. Instead this creature supposed to exist in the deep deserts of the Gobi region of the China-Mongolia border is classified as a cryptozoological specimen.

Other cryptozoological creatures include the Yeti, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness monster. The Mongolian death worm, like all fabled creatures, excites our imagination and over the ages the reports that trickle down from the deep recesses of isolation to the civilized world are so embellished that believing them becomes difficult.

This creature is a bright red worm around 1.5 meters long and the locals describe it as resembling a blood-filled bovine intestine. To get an idea of its size, take your 2-cm garden worm and imagine a worm 100 times bigger and a million times meaner. Legend has it that the death worm can kill by spewing sulfuric acid on its victims. And by shooting an electrical discharge on those unlucky enough to cross its path.

The Mongolians are so fearful of this creepy crawly that the mere mention of the Allghoi khorkhoi, as they call it is considered bad luck. My personal take is that… I have no opinion. But do have a secret wish that all these creatures such as the Bigfoot and the death worm should exist. After all it’s hard to believe that something like the T-Rex once roamed the earth but the big bad lizard was for real.

(Photo from wikipedia)