Did you know there’s a legend about a creepy creature lurking in the Gobi Desert? They call it the Mongolian Death Worm, and it’s said to be a long, red, slimy thing that can spit venom or even shoot out electric shocks! Locals have been telling stories about it for ages, saying it hides under the sand and only pops out to attack its prey. Scientists haven’t found solid proof it exists yet, but the mystery keeps adventurers and researchers hooked. Some think it’s just a legend or maybe a misidentified snake, while others swear it’s real. Whether it’s fact or fiction, it’s one wild story from one of the world’s most desolate places! Credit:
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00:00In July 1990, four Czech guys decided to go on an adventure to find the Mongolian death
00:06worm, a creature that might've inspired the monster you've seen in the movie Doom.
00:11They say it lives somewhere deep in the Gobi Desert.
00:14So they flew to Mongolia, hopped into an ATV, and hired some local guides to help them.
00:20All that to meet a creature that is up to 6 feet long, can spit acid that could melt
00:25anything, and is capable of shooting electricity at those it doesn't like.
00:31Legend says that these friendly guys spend most of their days hiding underneath the sandy
00:36dunes.
00:37But they like to come out during the wetter months of June and July.
00:41So the timing for a spotting was simply perfect.
00:44But the crew needed to figure out how to lure the creature.
00:47Sadly for them, no one knew what the giant worm liked to eat.
00:52So they built a thumper, which is a machine that made rhythmic pounding noises.
00:56They were hoping it would call the worm out of the ground.
00:59For two months, they searched the vast desert, crossing dunes and rocky plains, looking for
01:04any sign of the creature.
01:07But alas, it didn't really work out.
01:09Ivan McCurley, who was the leader of the 1990 expedition, came back to Gobi Desert again.
01:16He once tried to attract the mega-worm with blasts, and the second time he used a small
01:20airplane to scout the dunes.
01:22Over the years, groups from America, Britain, and New Zealand organized big expeditions
01:27to the Gobi Desert to try and find the creature.
01:31Many others came from all around the world on their own and found nothing.
01:36The people in the West first found out about the mega-worm of the Gobi Desert thanks to
01:40an American paleontologist, Roy Chapman Andrews.
01:45This brave man was probably the inspiration for Indiana Jones.
01:49In 1926, he wrote about the creature in his book.
01:53At a meeting with Mongolian leaders, Andrews heard detailed descriptions of the creature,
01:58even though none of them had ever seen it themselves.
02:01One of them described it as looking like a sausage, about two feet long, with no head
02:06or legs.
02:07According to him, the worm was so venomous that just touching it could instantly take
02:12your life.
02:13And it lived in the loneliest parts of the Gobi Desert.
02:16Andrews didn't think the creature was real, but he shared these stories again in another
02:20book.
02:23In May 2005, four friends from Great Britain who search for monsters professionally decided
02:29to try their luck.
02:31They made drawings of the worm and hired local people to hand out flyers all over the Gobi
02:36Desert.
02:37These flyers offered a reward to anyone who could give information about the worm or even
02:42bring them a specimen.
02:44They thought loud sounds that other explorers tried would scare the beast away.
02:49Some told them it likes damp conditions, so they came up with a plan to block streams
02:54of water to create wet areas that would lure the worm out.
02:58Their plan didn't work because it was too hard to build dams in the desert.
03:03They ended up using small traps but didn't find any actual proof that the worm existed.
03:08But they did meet locals who shared interesting stories about strange creatures they had seen
03:13over 70 years.
03:15Over the years, stories of the monster spread around the world.
03:19In some of them, it's only 1 foot long.
03:22In others, it's as large as a human.
03:24It's white-gray or scaly and brown.
03:27Or maybe fleshy and bright red.
03:30Someone said it resembled a snake.
03:32Or maybe a caterpillar.
03:33Or maybe it has wings and can fly.
03:36And some believe it could be a supernatural evil being without a body.
03:42Maybe the stories are so different, and the search operations are so fruitless, because
03:47the creature doesn't even exist.
03:49Or it could be one of many cryptids.
03:53Those creatures like Bigfoot, Yeti, the Loch Ness Monster – their existence has yet to
03:57be proven.
03:59In 1983, one scientist who was visiting the region heard that an old man had managed to
04:04catch the mysterious worm.
04:07He also learned there was a nest nearby.
04:09The scientist bravely approached the hole in the sand and put his hand inside.
04:14A giant creature dragged him in, and he was never seen again.
04:19Just kidding.
04:20He actually found a tartar sand boa inside.
04:23It's a chunky, burrowing, non-venomous snake that has small eyes and gray-brown scales.
04:28He showed it to the locals to verify if it was the monster, and supposedly, all of them
04:33said yes.
04:35Most Mongolians who know about the worm still believe it's real.
04:39Now even though people call our supposed monster a worm, it's just what it sounds
04:44like in the English translation.
04:46Many Mongol cultures have used this word for centuries to refer to any animals they thought
04:51to be really dangerous, especially snakes, even non-venomous ones.
04:56So it doesn't have to be a literal worm after all.
05:00Worms are soft and squishy, but a creature living in the harsh Gobi Desert would need
05:04to be tougher, more like a snake or a type of lizard without legs.
05:09Neither of these creatures can shoot electricity or spit acid like they say the death worm
05:13does.
05:15But some snakes, like cobras, can spit venom that's dangerous for people.
05:20If it were real, the creature would have a backbone, and explorers searching for it would
05:24likely find some bones or evidence left behind.
05:28And there are actually fossil remains all over the Gobi Desert.
05:33Scientists found representatives of over 80 dino groups here over the last almost 100
05:38years.
05:39It all started with the world's first dinosaur egg nests.
05:42This discovery changed all the scientists knew about dinos.
05:46It was the first proof they laid eggs.
05:48In the following two years, the same expedition team unearthed over 100 dinosaurs and took
05:54them to the American Museum of Natural History, where you can still see them today.
05:59Some of them were swimming around in the Cretaceous Sea that used to be here about 71 million
06:04years ago.
06:05They resembled modern birds.
06:09The mystery of the megaworm is still unsolved.
06:11But there used to be another mystery scientists finally managed to explain.
06:16Back in the 13th century, a famous traveler, Marco Polo, not the guy from the swimming
06:21pool game, crossed the Gobi Desert.
06:23He thought he could hear mysterious noises, like the sounds of musical instruments such
06:28as drums.
06:29He wrote about it in his book, and believed he might be hearing the voices of restless
06:34spirits.
06:35Scientists call these noises singing sands or booming sands.
06:39Unlike the squeaky sound you might hear when walking on a sandy beach, these desert sounds
06:44are much louder, like a musical instrument playing deep, haunting notes.
06:49Over the years, people came up with all kinds of ideas about what caused the sounds, like
06:54underground water or winds making the sand vibrate.
06:58Not all dunes can do this, and scientists wanted to figure out why.
07:02Sometimes the winds might cause a small avalanche on the side of a dune, and then you can hear
07:07the magical sounds start.
07:09But this is rare.
07:10So to study it, scientists had to help the dunes sing.
07:14They climbed to the top of a dune and slid down on their backs, using their hands and
07:19feet to push sand down.
07:21As the sand tumbled, the sounds started softly and got louder.
07:25They could even feel the vibrations with their hands.
07:28So they found out that for a dune to sing, a few special things need to happen.
07:33The grains of sand must be the right shape, the dune has to be big, and the sand must
07:39be very dry.
07:41So no singing after it rains.
07:43Inside the dune, there's a hard layer of packed sand that acts like a giant speaker.
07:48This layer bounces the sound waves back and forth, makes the noise louder and louder,
07:53and creates a haunting melody that can fill the desert air.
07:57In other words, the dunes can play tunes!
08:00Yeah, sorry, I couldn't help myself with that one.
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