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The allghoi khorkhoi (Mongolian: "intestine worm"), frequently called the Mongolian death worm, is a cryptid reported from Mongolia and Kazakhstan. Described as a dangerous, dark red worm-like animal, theories regarding its possible identity include a true earthworm, a snake, an amphisbaenid, and even an arthropod. A number of similar death worms are reported from Mongolia, as well as Kalmykia in European Russia.[1][2]
Similar cryptids[]
Other death worms include the shar khorkhoi, the short grey snake, the temeenii süül, and the winged salami.
Further cryptozoological reading[]
- Shuker, Karl P. N. (2003) The Beasts That Hide From Man: Seeking the World's Last Undiscovered Animals, Paraview Press, ISBN 1-931044-64-3
- Mackerle, Ivan (2001) Mongolské Záhady, Praha: Ivo Železný, ISBN 9788024021676
- Various (2014) Death Worm: Metamorphosis of the Allghoi Khorkhoi, Salamandra P.V.V.
Notes and references[]
- ↑ Shuker, Karl P. N. (2003) The Beasts That Hide From Man: Seeking the World's Last Undiscovered Animals, Paraview Press, ISBN 1-931044-64-3
- ↑ Eberhart, George M. (2002) Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology, ABC-CLIO, Inc., ISBN 1576072835