French village threatens to call in army amid flood of doomsday survivalists

[IDemo]

Visitors apparently believe it'll be a sanctuary if world ends in 2012

msnbc.com
updated 1 hour 44 minutes ago 2010-12-22T11:55:48


Residents of a tiny French village say it is being overwhelmed by outsiders who are intrigued by reports of aliens in the area and believe that the peak looming above may be a sacred mountain that will be a shelter at the end of human civilization.

Villagers in Bugarach, population 189, told The Daily Telegraph these visitors believe that the end of the world corresponds with the conclusion of the Mayan calendar on Dec. 21, 2012, and that the Pic de Bugarach, highest mountain in the Corbieres wine region, could provide some sort of sanctuary.

Mayor Jean-Pierre Delord told the Telegraph he's asked regional authorities to provide military assistance if the numbers of visitors become unsupportable.

Delord said people had been coming to the village for the past 10 years or so after a UFO report by a local man who has since died.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40773154/ns/world_news-weird_news/

[originalpckelly]

1. But I thought the world was going to end October 21 2011?

I mean, seriously, these people need to get their act together and pick a date. Maybe they could compromise and pick a date half way between the two?

[Sal Minella]

3. But what about the billboards promising "The End" this May?

How am I supposed to decide when to get my hair done???

[originalpckelly]

4. Actually, the same people say it will actually end October...

May is just the coming of our lord and savior. Jesus saves, but only if he brings his discount card with him.

[Javaman]

2. Like I always say, "people are stupid". nt

[Shandris]

5. All over one UFO?

Hell, my area is LITTERED with reports of them. If that's going to save me from the Mayan Sixth, I may hold the most valuable P-O-S apartment in the Midwest. :silly: