Environmental Graffiti

India’s Infamous Thuggee Cult

They were evil incarnate in Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Their name is the root of the English word ‘thug’. And a few centuries ago these bad boys were responsible for the mass murder of tens of thousands of travellers. Here's a look at India’s mysterious Thuggee cult: bands of roving stranglers who robbed and killed many folks making their way unwittingly across the sub-continent.

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In Search of the Mongolian Death Worm

Trudging gingerly across the arid sands of the Gobi desert, Czech explorer Ivan Mackerle is careful not to put a foot wrong, for he knows it may be his last. He scours the land and shifting valleys for tell-tale signs of disturbance in the sands below, always ready for the unexpected lurch of an alien being said to kill in one strike with a sharp spout of acidic venom to the face.

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