[This is a post by TCC Team Member Dorraine Fisher]
Mongolian Death Worms
Really?
By
Dorraine Fisher
“Mongolian
death worms” sounds like a term from cheap science fiction or some strange
desert-plodding war weapon. I’ve laughed
about it many times, but I’d never really done any research on the subject. So
here goes.
This
strange creature, also known as Allghoi Khorkhoi was first discovered in the
southern Gobi Desert of Mongolia in 1926. It is sometimes called the ‘intestine
worm’ due to it’s striking resemblance to cow intestines. Those who’ve claim to
have seen the creature, describe it as a large thick worm measuring 2 to 5 feet
in length, sometimes with small spikes protruding from both ends of its body.
But it’s said the worm is so elusive possibly because it hibernates most of the
year, only showing itself in the months of June and July.
The
creature is said to spray its victims with some kind of acid substance that is
rumored to cause instant death which has made some believe it might be some
strange version of a spitting snake like a spitting cobra. And some say it can kill its victims from
certain distances with a kind of projectable electrical supercharge. This has
prompted some to wonder if it could be the land-bound version of an electric
eel that is known to kill or stun its victims with an electrical charge of 500
to 600 volts.
Or
is it something else entirely?
Some
in Mongolia believe it was divinely created to be the protector of lost ruins,
temples, or burial grounds that are long hidden or buried under the sands of
the Gobi dessert.
But
unfortunately we’re only left with conjecture and the precious few eye witness
accounts of the creature. And as with so many mysteries on planet earth, we may
never know the truth about it in our lifetime. ******
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