The Mongolian death worm is said to live in the Gobi Desert, and opinions about it split sharply. Some treat it as a cryptid that exists only in legend; others are sure the animal is real. Witnesses describe a red creature four to five feet long with no visible mouth. According to those who claim to have met it, the worm spits poison, and any animal or person it hits can die from it.

Here are 10 such sightings that show that Mongolian Death worm is not a legend but these dangerous creatures exists.

(1) First sighting of this deadly worm dates back to 1927 when American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews first saw the tail of the worm. He didn’t believed it to be the tail and further research to know about it. There were locals who described this creature as Allghoi Khorkhoi or the intestine worm.

(2) Part of the reason Mongolian death worm sightings are so rare is where the creature supposedly lives: deep in the Gobi, far from roads and settlements. Locals who travel into the interior of the desert still talk about a red animal that looks like a length of intestine lying on the sand.

(3)Another expedition was conducted in between 1946 to 1949 where they went deep inside to find out the existence of the Mongolian death worm and compare their own sightings with the one described by the locals. Yuri Orlov mentioned that he witness such a creature.

(4) In the late nineties Ivan Mackerle conducted many expeditions in Gobi desert with the hope of getting a glance of the deadly worm after listening about it from his Mongolian pupil. His expeditions sets a good example where something positive were found.

(5) It is reported that most of the time it lives under ground. However in June and July when it rains it comes to the surface. Many locals have seen Mongolian death worm during that time. They believe that it can give electric shock to someone who is nearby.

(6) One story the nomads still tell is about a young boy who was followed by the worm. His body was later found close to his home, and people said he had died simply because he touched it. His family followed the trail in the sand to take revenge on whatever had killed him. They never came back.

(7)In 2005, Richard Freeman a cryptologist conducted an expedition to find out if there exists Mongolian death worm. They found out that a whole village was shifted from its position when villagers heard about the sighting of the venomous animal.

(8) There were some sightings of Mongolian death worm during 2013 that even caught in the camera. However, people believe that it is just a normal worm and not Olgoi khorchoi as it did not had red color.

(9) In the nineteenth century, reports of this venomous worm became more frequent. People compared it to a cow’s intestine, with one difference: it killed living things. Most of the sightings came from nomads who travelled deep into the western Gobi.

(10) In one of the expedition by Freeman, their local interpreter told them the incident that happened to another team of expeditors that traveled to Suji’s home village. One of them was poking the sand with the help of iron rod and then suddenly feels off! Upon reaching him, he was found dead. Others felt a sudden shake in the ground and then saw something round coming out of sand. They ran with their life.

After Chengiz Khan from Mongolia, Mongolian death worm seems to be the most interesting and deadly thing that exists in the place.