The Olgoi-Khorkhoi: A “Death Worm” in the Gobi Desert that can reach up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) in length. Local nomads and even the Mongolian Prime Minister in the 1920s claimed this creature kills with electric shocks and acid.

The stories about the Mongolian Death Worm are intense. Locally known as the 'large intestine worm,' it is described as a blood-red, sausage-like creature that can reach up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) in length, with no visible head or legs.

The most unsettling part is how it reportedly kills: locals swear it can spray corrosive yellow acid or emit lethal electric discharges from a distance. In the 1920s, the Mongolian government even asked the famous paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews to catch one, but he never found it.

Is it a real unidentified reptile or just a powerful desert myth? A century later, there are still no photos, but the fear in the Gobi Desert remains very real.

• Görsel Sahibi: Pieter Dirkx
• Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_death_worm
• LiveScience:https://www.livescience.com/46450-mongolian-death-worm.html