August may be a special month for fans of mythic creatures.  One of them may actually be proven real.

We’re talking about the Mongolian Death Worm, a man-sized, snake-like … thing which, allegedly, lives in the deserts of southern Mongolia.  A team of New Zealand journalists are treking out in search of the Worm, armed with dynomite.  No, their aim is not to blow the beast up, but rather to scare it out of the ground and film it for all the world to see.  We’re hoping they do exactly that.

The Worm is, if real, arguably the nastiest beast on the planet.  It kills people, suddenly jumping out of the sand.  It  spits poison.  It “shoot[s] lightning from its rectum over long distances,” according to the Courier-Mail.   It’s one bad-mother-shut-yo-mouth.   It makes the Sarlacc look like a pansy.

Please, please, please be real.  We have a Boba Fett action figure which really wants to meet you.