Journalist hunts for acid-spitting Mongolian death worm

[thundley4]

ARMED with explosives, two men are heading to Mongolia's Gobi Desert to find the fabled acid-spitting and lightning-throwing Mongolian death worm.

The worm has never been documented but some Mongolians are convinced it exists. They call it Allghoi Khorkhoi, or "intestine worm" because it resembles a cow's intestine and is about 1.5m long.
The worm apparently jumps out of the sand and kills people by spitting concentrated acid or shooting lightning from its rectum over long distances, NZPA reports. (Seriously.)

New Zealand journalist David Farrier, who is organising the expedition, and cameraman Christie Douglas, leave this week to spend two weeks in the Gobi, trying to verify the worm's existence and making a documentary about it.

Farrier said he had always been fascinated by cryptozoology, or the search for hidden creatures.

Slinky

[Chris_]

"Game over, Man.  Game over!"

[Ptarmigan]

I remember they found a large marine worm in an aquarium. Kinda looks like it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1165930/Barry-giant-sea-worm-discovered-aquarium-staff-mysterious-attacks-coral-reef.html

[DixieBelle]

Wasn't that thing in one of the episodes of Star Wars?

[Flame]

When I first saw the thread title, I misread "worm"- thought it said "woman"--and was thinking to myself, "acid spitting woman...don't wanna piss her off!" 

[Airwolf]

I say we take off now and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

[Chris_]

You know, Burke, I don't know which species is worse. You don't
 see them ****ing each other over for a ******* percentage.