Today, Dakota and Amanda are bringing you another Cryptid Creature Showdown with The Thunderbird vs. The Mongolian Death Worm. Join your Encounters hosts as they profile two of the strangest cryptid "links" in nature. First we head to the America's for the legend of the Thunderbird, a celestial beast so named for its control of thunder and lightning but also has a dark hunger. Then we head to the shifting sands of the Gobi Desert, to do battle with the Mongolian Death Worm who can kills with a look!   Who would you want on your side?   Intro / Outro: Strange Stuff by Matt Harris   Additional Music: We Are the Rain by Aakash Ghandi Restless Natives by Doug Maxwell Sao Men by Doug Maxwell and Zac Zinger Absention by Odonis Odonis