Mongolian death worm (olgoi khorkhoi)

Have you guys missed the cryptids? Well here you have another, a killer worm from the desert! It’s called the Mongolian death worm or olgoi-khorkhoi (meaning large intestine worm).

Stories of the killer worm from the Gobi desert has been told by the nomads for many generations, but it was only in 1926 that the stories reached the West. This happened when American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews mentioned the creature in his book On the Trail of Ancient Man. Andrews had an experience in the Gobi where a lot of locals described the olgoi-khorkhoi in detail, but the paleontologist wasn’t really convinced of the creature’s existence, since none of the locals who told him of the creature had actually seen it themselves.

The creature is described as being a huge red worm. If you have seen the movie Tremors you might have a small idea about what the creature is like. It is said to grow larger than any other worm, it’s said it can be up to 1.5 meters long (5 feet). Furthermore it is said to have the appearance of a cow’s intestine, thus the bizarre name.

The death worm is also said to be extremely poisonous and to have the ability to kill from a distance by electrical discharge. (Sounds like a pokémon to me :P)

So what could people be seeing out in the desert? there are many theories some more farfetched than others. Is it a misidentified venomous snake? Or perhaps just a bombadier beetle defending itself while sitting on the intestines of a cow, giving it the appearance of a monstrous worm??? Or is it a huge unknown killer worm unknown to science?

And my most important question;
What do you guys think people are seeing in the Gobi?