'The only place that will survive the Mayan Apocalypse': Residents of French mountain crack open End of the World wine (and offer house rental at $1,600-a-night)
- Bugarach - population: 176 - has been earmarked by doomsday cults as the only place in the world which is going to survive Armageddon
- It is based on an interpretation of the Mayan calendar which claims a planet is on a crash course with Earth and will impact on December 21 2012
- According to prophecy aliens will emerge from their 'spaceship garage' in the town's Pic de Bugarach mountain and pluck believers to safety
- 'Authentic Bugarach stones' are on sale for €1.50 a gram while a bottle of water from the local spring will cost an eye-watering €15
- One landowner is offering up his four-bedroom home for £1,200 a night and can offer a camping space in his field for £324
- 'Apocalypse pizza' and 'End of the World vintage' wine also available
By MATT BLAKE
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Nestled in the rolling foothills of the French Pyrenees, market day in the tiny farming community of Bugarach has never been busier.
But shoppers aren't there to sample the fresh meat, wine and dairy for which the town is locally famed, they are there to pick up their own piece of end-of-the-world memorabilia.
It is because Bugarach - population 176 - has been earmarked by doomsday cults as the only place in the world which is going to survive Armageddon, scheduled for December 21 this year by an ancient Mayan prophecy.
Mayan teaching: According to prophecy/internet rumour, aliens will emerge from their 'spaceship garage' hidden deep within the town's imposing Pic de Bugarach mountain and pluck anyone in the vicinity to safety
Modern interpretations of the forecast, heavily stoked by internet rumour, predict that aliens will emerge from their 'spaceship garage' hidden deep within the town's imposing Pic de Bugarach mountain and pluck anyone in the vicinity to safety.
Now, Armageddon tourists and UFO spotters hoping for salvation are swarming to the two-street hamlet to collect a slice of Last Day history.
And it is an opportunity the village's shrewd inhabitants are eager not to pass up.
Souvenirs include 'authentic Bugarach stones' from Pic de Bugarach's rock-face itself, on sale for €1.50 (£1.20) a gram, and 'natural pyramids of pyrite iron' from underground.
Meanwhile, a bottle of water from the local spring, which can apparently cure a range of ailments, costs an eye-watering €15 (£12).
One landowner is even offering up his four-bedroom home with close up views of the mysterious peak for £1,200 a night.
But for those on a budget, he can offer camping space in his field (tent not included) for 400 euros a night.
'I possess a rare asset, the land of immortality,' he told La Depeche du Midi, the area's local daily.
Emerging market: Armageddon tourists can buy 'authentic Bugarach stones' for 1.50 euro (£1.20) a gram while a bottle of water from the local spring, which can apparently cure a range of ailments, will cost an eye-watering 15 euro (£12)
Prime estate: One landowner is offering up his four-bedroom home on the slopes of the mysterious peak for £1,200 a night while, for those on a budget, he can offer a camping space in his field (tent not included) for £324
On the evening in question, tourists can pop to the local Italian restaurant for an 'Apocalypse pizza', washed down with a local vintner's 'End Of The World' vintage.
If the predictions turn out to be wrong, they can celebrate with the same wine-seller's 'Survival Vintage', on sale a day later.
END OF THE WORLD? WHAT THE MAYANS KNEW THAT NOBODY ELSE DID
Ancient Mayans claimed that on December 21 2012, a 5,125-year cycle known as the Long Count supposedly comes to a close.
Experts estimate the system, which is made up of 394-year periods called baktuns, starts counting at 3114 BC, and will have run through 13 baktuns, or 5,125 years, around December 21.
They say 13 was a significant number for the Maya, and the end of that cycle would be a milestone — but they have been keen to stress that it does not mark an end.
Conspiracy theorists nonetheless believe the Maya may have been privy to impending astronomical disasters that would coincide with 2012, ranging from explosive storms on the surface of the sun that could knock out power grids to a galactic alignment that could trigger a reversal in Earth's magnetic field.
But Bugarach's mayor, Jean Pierre Delord, is worried about the numbers of New Agers arriving in the town.
Police and troops have been drafted in to deal with the sudden influx and stop believers from scaling the mountain. Although many believe this is merely a cover for the investigation of dozens of recent UFO sightings.
David, who quit his telecoms job in Tours to move to Bugarach, told The Sun: 'There are serious things going on here - I want to know what these objects are.
'Things exist and people have a right to know.'
While David, who would not reveal his surname, said he wasn't sure the world would actually end in three weeks, added: 'I do think the capitalist system is going to collapse then.'
But others have expressed anger at the town, blaming it for taking advantage of 'gullible' New Agers.
Eric Freysselinard, the prefect of the Aude county which includes Bugarach, said this week: 'I find it really outrageous to abuse the naivety of people and rush into commerce that defies common sense.'
The prophesy is based on an interpretation of the ancient Mayan calendar which claims an intergalactic planet is on a crash course with Earth and will impact on December 21 2012.
The French government has even warned of the risk of mass suicides in the country by people who believe the world will self-destruct next year.
Recent disasters - including the earthquake in Japan - as well as anxiety over pandemics and economic concerns - are creating a global climate of fear, which for some are omens of impending doom.
A report published yesterday by watchdog Miviludes said the picturesque village near Carcassonne should be monitored in the lead-up to the end of 2012.
Miviludes president Georges Fenech said: 'I think we need to be careful. We shouldn't get paranoid, but when you see what happened at Waco in the United States, we know this kind of thinking can influence vulnerable people.'
The internet is awash with myths about the hamlet.
These include beliefs that the mountain is surrounded by a magnetic force, that it is the site of a concealed alien base, or even that it contains an underground access to another world.
Doom: An ancient Mayan calendar, which is made up of 394-year periods called baktuns, predicts that doomsday is on December 21
Panic: The prophesy is based on an interpretation of the ancient Mayan calendar which claims an intergalactic planet is on a crash course with Earth and has spread panic across the world
Patrice Etienne, who runs an organic cafe in the village, said there have been an increased number of reports by walkers in the area of cameras jamming when they tried to take pictures and strange noises rumbling underground.
'We have seen military aircraft, police and soldiers,' he added. 'It’s like a Spielberg movie. They are looking for something. There is something in this mountain, definitely.'
Meanwhile, panic is spreading throughout Russia at such a rate over the Earth's pending doom, that Moscow’s minister of emergency situations has told its citizens that the world will not end on December 21.
Ancient Mayans claimed that is the day a 5,125-year cycle known as the Long Count in the Mayan calendar supposedly comes to a close. Many in Russia, where mystical thinking is popular, have taken notice.
Some are hoarding everyday items such as sugar, matches and candles, while inmates in a jail are said to have experienced a ‘collective mass psychosis’.
The ministry said it had access to ‘methods of monitoring what is occurring on Earth’, and could say with confidence all will be well.
However Russians were warned they still face the threats of ‘blizzards, ice storms, breakdowns in heat, electricity and water supply’.
An official from the Russian State Church has also spoken out to reassure frightened people.
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8 comments:
The Mayans do NOT claim this! Totally false. They built the paramids to difuse the solar activity aimed towards the lower half of the US and Guatamula on Dec. 21 through 23. We will all be fine. Enough of the fear mongering.
I agree that this is just more FEAR PORN. As far as the Pyramids, here is a quote by Aril, the ET interviewed by the Air Force at Area 51 in 1947...
"All of the pyramid civilizations of Earth were carefully contrived of layer upon layer of lies, skillfully combined with a few truths. The priest cult of the "Old Empire" combined sophisticated mathematics and space opera technology, with theatrical metaphors and symbolism. All of these are complete fabrications of truth, baited with the allure of aesthetics and mystery.
The intricate rituals, astronomical alignments, secret rites, massive monuments, marvelous architecture, artistically rendered hieroglyphs and man-animal "gods" were designed to create a unsolvable mystery for the IS-BE prison population on Earth. The mystery diverts attention away from the truth that IS-BEs have been captured, given amnesia and imprisoned on a planet far, far away from their home.
The truth is that every single IS-BE on Earth came to Earth from some other planetary system. Not one person on Earth is a "native" inhabitant. Human beings did not "evolve" on Earth."
The Mayan Calendar does not end in 2012, it ends in 2014 and then starts over again. The Mayans predicted the end of a paradigm and the beginning of a new one. This has been twisted by religious fanatics to mean the Biblical Revelations. Wake up people! We have been lied to about everything from time infinitum.
LOL! That's not even the Mayan calendar pictured there it is the Aztec calendar. I agree with Anon 10:53 am the Mayans do NOT claim this. More scare tactics to keep us fearful. They are Nuckin' Futs!!
STOP THE FEAR --- this is the last of the cabal's attempt to create hysteria!
DO NOT BUY INTO THIS COMPLETE BULL-SHIT.
Focus on love, peace throughout the world, and abundance enjoyed by all.
SEND MOTHER EARTH YOUR LOVE...she needs a healing after all of the crap we have done to her on surface earth.
I agree with the fear mongering, it's got to go. The shaman clearly explained that there is an energy so great that will come about during the Dec 21-23rd period that they built mini pyramids to help capture that energy that is coming, some sort of portal will be open during that time that will allow all that energy in your body if you so desire to capture it at that moment as well as the alignment of certain planets that only happens in thousands of years. This is why he recommended a 3 day spiritual meditation during that time to allow for the capturing of this energy.
The only reason they are building these pyramids is to prolong the effects of that energy which is probably what you call "fifth dimensional" energy and if enough of these pyramids are built/ and/or enough people capture this energy, then this very energy will be trapped and stay with us for enough time to allow a "turning point" for humanity towards peace and prosperity on earth. Much like what Cobra says. Anyhow this is how I understood it, and i speak spanish so I can pretty much understand what he was trying to convey. He was asked if there would be a the 3 days of darkness period and he said yes due to the planets alignment. He said it would not be a darkness as you think pitch black but that it would be dark. He came to the US from Mexico to see if the US would like for them to build such pyramids as he described that there was only a certain region that would be involved where the energy was the strongest, including some parts of the US. He also said that this was the original purpose for the pyramids to begin with. They were built to trap this energy.
He also described that during this 3 day period of time there would be a great awareness as if you were in a dream and all of a sudden you remembered where you came from but that also as in a dream, you would not hold that knowledge for very long if you were not prepared to take that energy in and use it to the fullest. This is what I understood and he clearly stated that they have known this even would happen for thousands of years and that it is far from the end of the world, it is the end of time as we know it. I hope this helps some anyway.
Dearest John, please, at least for this critical month of Dec. 2012, when we NEED as much positive energy and emotions going out as possible, disband with posting these negative stories. Just one month, please.......
Who is forwarding you this negative stuff? Please consider what the true intent is regarding these negative, fear-promoting, stories.
It is so important now more than any other time in history that only positive, up-lifting stories be posted. Please, at least for this month......
I very much enjoyed the mini tour of Bugarach. I would love to visit France someday but I think I will start with Paris or Provence. There is a French potter there from whom I would love to purchase some of his wares. Not a doomsday person here. I expect to be around for Christmas Day & New Year's and have my traditional Chinese dinner. In the meantime if the world ends, then to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord. No worries mate.
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