Mongolian Death Worm Postcard

The Mongolian Death Worm is a cryptid purported to exist in the Gobi Desert. It is described as a bright red worm with a wide body that is 0.6 to 1.5 metres (2 to 5 feet) long. The Mongolian name is olgoi-khorkhoi where olgoi means large intestine and khorkhoi means worm, so full name means "intestine worm" because it is reported to look like the intestine of a cow. It is the subject of a number of extraordinary claims by Mongolian locals—such as the ability of the worm to spew forth sulphuric acid that, on contact, will turn anything it touches yellow and corroded (which would kill a human), and its purported ability to kill at a distance by means of electric discharge.