Journalist hunts for acid-spitting Mongolian death worm

[Meian]

Journalist hunts for acid-spitting Mongolian death worm | The Courier-Mail

August 03, 2009 11:40am

ARMED with explosives, two men are heading to Mongolia's Gobi Desert to find the fabled acid-spitting and lightning-throwing Mongolian death worm.

The worm has never been documented but some Mongolians are convinced it exists. They call it Allghoi Khorkhoi, or "intestine worm" because it resembles a cow's intestine and is about 1.5m long.
The worm apparently jumps out of the sand and kills people by spitting concentrated acid or shooting lightning from its rectum over long distances, NZPA reports. (Seriously.)

New Zealand TV entertainment journalist David Farrier, who is organising the expedition, and cameraman Christie Douglas, leave this week to spend two weeks in the Gobi, trying to verify the worm's existence and making a documentary about it.

Farrier said he had always been fascinated by cryptozoology, or the search for hidden creatures.

The expedition and documentary would take a serious look at the worm and what it was, Farrier told TV3.

He said he was interested in the death worm because it was one of the most outrageous creatures that were rumoured to exist.

However, it was also one of the mythical creatures that had a better chance of being real.

Rumours could inflate the reputation of things such as the Loch Ness monster and Bigfoot, but sparsely populated Mongolia was not a place where rumours were going to propagate, Farrier said.

"If a Mongolian says they have seen a big worm-like creature out in the desert they haven't really got any reason to lie," he said.

A number of experts have dismissed the worm's existence, putting it down as a rumour, but Farrier was not put off.

"I think it won't be a worm, obviously a worm can't survive in a desert. I'd say it would be some sort of snake that's not meant to be there. It's very out of place and a bit new."

There been several unsuccessful expeditions searching for the worm, the last two in 2003 and 2005, which had used night vision goggles to look for the worm.

However, the New Zealand team planned to bring the worm to the surface with explosives, as it is said to be attracted to tremors.

Farrier put his chances of finding the worm at between 5 and 15 per cent.

"They are high for a ridiculous creature like the death worm but the area I am going to is a very specific place in the southern Gobi where all the sightings have been."

He only plans to capture the worm on film.

"I have no intention of grabbing it, capturing it, stuffing it, or anything like that. I just want to prove its existence and if I can get it on film, that's all I need to do."

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...0678568300.jpg

Picture of it from the link

Sandworm!!

[Blarg]

If it's not a tremor worm then it's not cool enough.

[Blarg]

Though ass lightning is pretty close.

[Shojin]

"acidspitting death hunts journalist mongolian worm"

lol'd

[Insanecyclone]

http://i27.tinypic.com/2nhmct4.jpg

god damn mongolians

[Guitarman]

http://coobs.files.wordpress.com/200...emors-worm.jpg

If they don't name it graboid i'll be sorely disappointed.

[Colenzo]

khezu irl

[guartz]

I like mongols. They carry swords no matter where they are. Moscow subways, deserts. You name it.

[noblemountain]

The last time I visited my family in Mongolia I asked about this. I had seen it on a tv show a long time ago and thought I'd ask. They were very serious when they said that it was real. I didn't hear the lightning part...but they said that it was 1-2 meters long and spit acid. I imagine they'll find a snake of some sort that has spitting venom like some other snakes in the world. The Gobi Desert is a very large place and not many people have explored it.

oh, and Guartz, I have a sword on me right now.

[wop]

Slaverous Gale and Extreme Purgation lol

[Gokulo]

Ass lightning >.<

[Belkin]

I stumbled across a link to this Death Worm cryptozoo page like 8 years ago. Always thought it was a pretty badass. I would check back every few years to see if they ever found it. They didn't ;;

[zoobernut]

seriosly lol'd at the ass lightning part.

Would be very cool if they actually found anything.


Also Blarg my wife says the blarg cat is very cute....

[Mortama]

I just cant Imagine a worm shooting lighting out of its arse. although if they do get it on film its gonna be huge lol.

[Rhyis.]

Bless the Maker and all His Water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passing cleanse the world. May He keep the world for his people.

[Komm Suesser Tod]

Bless the Maker and all His Water. Bless the coming and going of Him. May His passing cleanse the world. May He keep the world for his people.

Uh, what?

But besides that, there are some weird animals out there, just check out the ocean floor. Minus the ass lightening part, there's a chance that the worm really is out there. Hell, I hope they find it.

[Mojo]

Maybe they'll come across big foot while they're at it.

[Psion]

Uh, what?

But besides that, there are some weird animals out there, just check out the ocean floor. Minus the ass lightening part, there's a chance that the worm really is out there. Hell, I hope they find it.

It's a Dune Reference. ;p

[The_OG_Nelta]

inb4 manbearpig

[Komm Suesser Tod]

It's a Dune Reference. ;p

Oh. Thanks. I've only ever seen Dune in passing, and never all the way through.