Members of Russian cult slowly emerge

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Source: The Associated Press

Members of Russian cult slowly emerge
21 of original 35 people waiting for the end of the world have given up
The Associated Press
updated 3:56 a.m. PT, Tues., April. 1, 2008

MOSCOW - Fourteen more members of a Russian cult that has been holed up in a cave for months awaiting the end of the world emerged Tuesday after melting snows caused more of their hillside cave to collapse, officials said.

The group, which included two children aged 8 and 14, were in satisfactory condition, regional emergency spokesman Dmitry Yeskin told The Associated Press. They were moved to a nearby house where the group's leader, self-declared prophet Pyotr Kuznetsov, has been living.

Yeskin said negotiators were trying to persuade the remaining 14 to come out of the underground hillside shelter, which was built in the Penza region, about 400 miles southeast of Moscow, last fall.

Vice Governor Oleg Melnichenko said more of the cave had collapsed around dawn Tuesday, and cult members told emergency officials that they had had a divine vision overnight that instructed them to leave.

On Friday, seven other cult members emerged as melting spring snows caused part of the shelter to cave in, sparking fears that the entire structure could collapse.

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[RaleighNCDUer]

1. I'm having a divine vision!

This muthufuker is collapsing on top of us!

[katty]

2. come out of the cave...the end of the world is happening already

[kenfrequed]

7. heh

"...don't look around for the end of the world my friend, it happens everyday."

[Speck Tater]

3. Why can't people simply be rational

and worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster (May His Noodly Appendages comfort you).

[Turbineguy]

4. The usual drill....

the adherents live in a cave, the HMFIC lives in a house.

[shanti]

5. c'mon!

didn't anyone tell them the end of the world is 2012?! ;)

[balantz]

6. They aren't aware that the end already happened to us unfortunates still here.

We're in Hell baby! Watch what happens next!

[katty]

9. LOL! yup

[Ian David]

8. If they were smart, they'd stay in the cave until after the Democratic nominee is chosen.

Because I'm tempted to join them in there.