Mongolian death worm Evidence: What does the Mongolian death worm look like?

The Mongolian death worm is said to resemble a large fat worm, up to 1 meter (3 feet) long and dark red, with spikes like projections at both ends.

It suspends much of its time hidden beneath the desert sands, but whenever one is spotted lying on the surface it is scrupulously avoided by the locals.

The Mongolian death worm is a creature alleged to exist in the Gobi Desert. The creature first came to Western attention as a result of Roy Chapman Andrew’s 1926 book On the Trail of Ancient Man.

The American palaeontologist described second-hand tales of the monster that he heard at a gathering of Mongolian officials: None of those present ever had seen the creature, but they all minutely.

In 1983, a specimen of Tartar sand bias was shown to locals who claimed to have seen olgoi-Khoikhoi and they confirmed that this was the same animal.