Allghoi Khorkhoi or The Mongolian Death Worm

Under the remote sandy emptiness of the Gobi Desert lurks one of the most fearsome creatures ever conceived by man, god or evolution. Four feet of smooth bloated salami body, like a cows intestine, with a tiny tulip of a mouth which spits acid venom and blind eyes capable of delivering high voltage charges to their prey, The Mongolian Death Worm is said to have the disposition of the most psychopathic of feral animals.

Allghoi Khorkhoi is so feared in Mongolia that the mention of its name is thought to attract bad luck and it is supposed to have murdered hundreds of people since the early 19th Century when a team of Russian scientists confirmed its existence. Recent sightings have been rare, or else as cryptozoologists believe people have been afraid to speak about their encounters for fear of attracting the creature's rude bad luck. Four scientific teams have combed the desert of Mongolia for Allghoi Khorkhoi since 1990, but none have come back with anything more than hearsay and frightening stories.

If this nightmare were to exist it wouldn’t be a member of the soft moisture loving worm family but would have to be made of something much tougher to survive in the dry sand of the desert, so it is much more likely that it’s a kind of snake or its terrified audience has failed to notice tiny limbs that it would place it within the skink species of lizards. Snake experts suggest that from descriptions it sounds most similar to the Death Adder or Cobra, both which spit venom (though neither has the corrosive powers of acid.). It’s electrical properties are the most difficult for believers to reconcile, the only creatures known to use electricity as a weapon are eels, who can’t live in the desert. So while scientists accept the possibility of Allghoi Khorkhoi’s existence, they query its murderous intentions and purported ability to kill humans so easily.

Curiously the Mongolian Death Worm is said to be attracted to the colour yellow and that the corrosion caused by its acid venom is also bright yellow.

Review by editor World Reviewer Staff

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