It is strongly believed and feared by the native Mongolians, who reside near the Gobi, that a large blood red colored worm-like cryptid lives deep underground the Gobi desert. This worm is known as the "Mongolian Death Worm" or known by the natives as "Olgoi-Khorkhoi". This worm is located in the most remote and driest parts of the desert where it mostly travels underground. However it comes up above the surface occasionally, usually when it's rains in the desert or when the sand is saturated with water.
The worm can induce humans or animals to die in a very agonizing and gory way. It spurts out a lethal yellow acidic and corrosive substance, which covers the victim and causes the victim's skin, flesh, organs, and bone to burn and rot off then turn a sickly yellow color. This yellow acid can also burn through metal. The worm attacks by raising half of its body out of the sand and it sprays the victim with a burning lethal yellow substance. The worm can also discharge electric currents to electrify it's prey. The natives believe even touching the worm can lead to a painful and gruesome death. There has been many sightings of this worm by natives as well as bizarre unexplainable deaths in the proximity of the area, where the worm is said to prowl.
The first documented sighting was 1,000 years ago. The worm's movement can be detected, by vibrations and wide ripples of the desert sand as the worm slithers underneath. The worms can be from sizes two feet to seven feet and are very wide in diameter. The worm hibernates most of the year underground, but awakens and is most active during the months of June and July.
In 1922, Mongolian prime minister Dambinbazar described the worm as "It is shaped like a sausage about two feet long, has no head nor leg and it is so poisonous that merely to touch it means instant death. It lives in the most desolate parts of the Gobi Desert."
