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Thousands Descend on Mountain for “End of the World”

By on March 26, 2012 in Ideas

Bugarach

The Independent:

A mountain looming over a French commune with a population of just 200 is being touted as a modern Noah’s Ark when doomsday arrives – supposedly less than nine months from now.

A rapidly increasing stream of New Age believers – or esoterics, as locals call them – have descended in their camper van-loads on the usually picturesque and tranquil Pyrenean village of Bugarach. They believe that when apocalypse strikes on 21 December this year, the aliens waiting in their spacecraft inside Pic de Bugarach will save all the humans near by and beam them off to the next age.

How’s this relevant? Well:

Upwards of 100,000 people are thought to be planning a trip to the mountain, 30 miles west of Perpignan, in time for 21 December, and opportunistic entrepreneurs are shamelessly cashing in on the phenomenon. While American travel agents have been offering special, one-way deals to witness the end of the world, a neighbouring village, Saint-Paul de Fenouillet, has produced a wine to celebrate the occasion.

Prepping for supposed disaster is big business.

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Business Opportunities Weblog editor and publisher Dane Carlson lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just 15 miles from Yosemite National Park. He accidentally became a professional blogger in 2001. He has added 12,203 posts to the site.

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  • http://n.a. cindy hawkins

    Cute, real cute. Listen people, I got an idea…instead of those GUYS IN THE KNOW self righteously proclaiming that THEY have the inside track on when the world will implode, howzabout using their hallelujah energies to create a world worth living IN? Pick your problem dudes: the need for fresh water, the need to end hunger, the need to create more affordable housing, lower infant mortality rates in emerging countries, end racism, educate all children and vaccinate them against diseases, grow better crops, lessen religious strife between countries, find homes for stray cats and dogs, clean up the ocean, hey the challenge list goes on. Shut up about the end of the world: Roll up your sleeves, and get off your knees!!

  • David

    Good one Cindy i am with you all the way best regards FREELANCE ENGINEER…

  • http://www.business-opportunities.biz Dane Carlson

    > Shut up about the end of the world: Roll up your sleeves, and get off your knees!!

    Amen, Cindy.

  • Pera Chadwick

    How True Cindy…. PEOPLES do something productive and help make our existing world better for ALL.

    Pera
    New Zealand

  • http://vitality-express.com Veloved

    Cindy Hawkins for President! I would back you 100 percent if I knew anyone would listen!

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