2012 MAYAN APOCALYPSE

AM WATCHING A FILM ABOUT THE SUPPOSED END OF THE WORLD ON 21 DECEMBER.
SOME BELIEVE THAT A PLACE CALLED BUGARACH WILL SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE.

Badboy wrote:AM WATCHING A FILM ABOUT THE SUPPOSED END OF THE WORLD ON 21 DECEMBER.
SOME BELIEVE THAT A PLACE CALLED BUGARACH WILL SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE.

Where is it?

Iris wrote:

Badboy wrote:AM WATCHING A FILM ABOUT THE SUPPOSED END OF THE WORLD ON 21 DECEMBER.
SOME BELIEVE THAT A PLACE CALLED BUGARACH WILL SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE.

Where is it?

I wouldn't want to be a survivor Iris.

Iris wrote:

Badboy wrote:AM WATCHING A FILM ABOUT THE SUPPOSED END OF THE WORLD ON 21 DECEMBER.
SOME BELIEVE THAT A PLACE CALLED BUGARACH WILL SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE.

Where is it?

IT IS SOUTH OF CARCASSONE(SP?) IN THE AUDE DEPARTMENT,FRANCE,NEAR RENNES-LE-CHATEAU.

Badboy wrote:

Iris wrote:

Badboy wrote:AM WATCHING A FILM ABOUT THE SUPPOSED END OF THE WORLD ON 21 DECEMBER.
SOME BELIEVE THAT A PLACE CALLED BUGARACH WILL SURVIVE THE APOCALYPSE.

Where is it?

IT IS SOUTH OF CARCASSONE(SP?) IN THE AUDE DEPARTMENT,FRANCE,NEAR RENNES-LE-CHATEAU.

Oh, the Pyrenees. It's certainly high enough to escape any flooding, and cold enough to escape global warming!!!

Mayan apocalypse: panic spreads as December 21 nears


Fears that the end of the world is nigh have spread across the world with only days until the end of the Mayan calendar, with doomsday-mongers predicting a cataclysmic end to the history of Earth.








Cubans participate in a Mayan ritual at Bacuranao beach in eastern Havana. Photo: AFP/Getty





By Nick Allen, Los Angeles, Malcolm Moore in Beijing and Tom Parfitt in Moscow

6:42PM GMT 07 Dec 2012

2377 Comments




Ahead of December 21, which marks the conclusion of the 5,125-year "Long Count" Mayan calendar, panic buying of candles and essentials has been reported in China and Russia, along with an explosion in sales of survival shelters in America. In France believers were preparing to converge on a mountain where they believe aliens will rescue them.


The precise manner of Armageddon remains vague, ranging from a catastrophic celestial collision between Earth and the mythical planet Nibiru, also known as Planet X, a disastrous crash with a comet, or the annihilation of civilisation by a giant solar storm.


In America Ron Hubbard, a manufacturer of hi-tech underground survival shelters, has seen his business explode.

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"We've gone from one a month to one a day," he said. "I don't have an opinion on the Mayan calendar but, when astrophysicists come to me, buy my shelters and tell me to be prepared for solar flares, radiation, EMPs (electromagnetic pulses) ... I'm going underground on the 19th and coming out on the 23rd. It's just in case anybody's right."



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In the French Pyrenees the mayor of Bugarach, population 179, has attempted to prevent pandemonium by banning UFO watchers and light aircraft from the flat topped mount Pic de Bugarach.

According to New Age lore it as an "alien garage" where extraterrestrials are waiting to abandon Earth, taking a lucky few humans with them.

Russia saw people in Omutninsk, in Kirov region, rushing to buy kerosene and supplies after a newspaper article, supposedly written by a Tibetan monk, confirmed the end of the world.

The city of Novokuznetsk faced a run on salt. In Barnaul, close to the Altai Mountains, panic-buyers snapped up all the torches and Thermos flasks.

Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian prime minister, even addressed the situation.

"I don't believe in the end of the world," before adding somewhat disconcertingly: "At least, not this year."

In China, which has no history of preoccupation with the end of the world, a wave of paranoia about the apocalypse can be traced to the 2009 Hollywood blockbuster "2012".

The film, starring John Cusack, was a smash hit in China, as viewers were seduced by a plot that saw the Chinese military building arks to save humanity.

Some in China are taking the prospect of Armageddon seriously with panic buying of candles reported in Sichuan province.

The source of the panic was traced to a post on Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter, predicting that there will be three days of darkness when the apocalypse arrives.

One grocery store owner said: "At first, we had no idea why. But then we heard someone muttering about the continuous darkness."

Shanghai police said scam artists had been convincing pensioners to hand over savings in a last act of charity.

Meanwhile in Mexico, where the ancient Mayan civilisation flourished, the end time has been seen as an opportunity. The country has organised hundreds of Maya-themed events, and tourism is expected to have doubled this year.

Nasa has been aggressively seeking to dispel doomsday fears. It says there is no evidence Nibiru exists, and rumours it could be hiding behind the sun are unfounded.

"It can't hide behind the sun forever, and we would've seen it years ago," a Nasa scientist said.

The space agency also rejected apocalyptic theories about unusual alignments of the planets, or that the Earth's magnetic poles could suddenly "flip."

Conspiracy theorists contend that the space agency is involved in an elaborate cover up to prevent panic.

But David Morrison, an astronomer at Nasa, said: "At least once a week I get a message from a young person, as young as 11, who says they are ill and/or contemplating suicide because of the coming doomsday. I think it's evil for people to propagate rumours on the internet to frighten children."

Mayans themselves reject any notion that the world will end. Pedro Celestino Yac Noj, a Mayan sage, burned seeds and fruits to mark the end of the old calender at a ceremony in Cuba. He said: "The 21st is for giving thanks and gratitude and the 22nd welcomes the new cycle, a new dawn."








 






 

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SOMEONE'S MAKING MONEY OUT OF THIS

Badboy wrote:SOMEONE'S MAKING MONEY OUT OF THIS

Not much point if we only got 3 days left to spend it all...............

Lioned wrote:

Badboy wrote:SOMEONE'S MAKING MONEY OUT OF THIS

Not much point if we only got 3 days left to spend it all...............

Oh blast, I'd forgotten that...I've just done all the bloody housework

And we got a freezer full of food incase it snows and i just booked a weekend away in January !...

Shall I eat all the Christmas chocolate now? Mmmm!!

AnnaEsse wrote:Shall I eat all the Christmas chocolate now? Mmmm!!

I started preparing for the end 20 years go!

Claudia79 wrote:

AnnaEsse wrote:Shall I eat all the Christmas chocolate now? Mmmm!!

I started preparing for the end 20 years go!

That sounds like a lot of chocolate!

AnnaEsse wrote:

Claudia79 wrote:

AnnaEsse wrote:Shall I eat all the Christmas chocolate now? Mmmm!!

I started preparing for the end 20 years go!

That sounds like a lot of chocolate!

Not a bad way to go, eh?

IN CHINA,THEY HAVE ARRESTED 500 PROPHETS,DIDN'T READ ARTICLE,BUT I THINK ITS CONNECTED.

The Mayan writing system are simply pictures of the insides of an ancient alarm clock. It needs rewinding on the 21st. That's all.

Wasn't this supposed to have happened last year?

Badboy wrote:IN CHINA,THEY HAVE ARRESTED 500 PROPHETS,DIDN'T READ ARTICLE,BUT I THINK ITS CONNECTED.

Blimey,i wonder if they saw that coming !

Lioned wrote:

Badboy wrote:IN CHINA,THEY HAVE ARRESTED 500 PROPHETS,DIDN'T READ ARTICLE,BUT I THINK ITS CONNECTED.

Blimey,i wonder if they saw that coming !

I HAVE READ ARTICLE ABOUT IT,AN ETERNAL FLAME? SECT WHO HAVE BEEN PREDICTING THE END OF THE WORLD,WHO I BELIEVE ARE SAYING FRIDAY WILL BE END OF THE WORLD

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   Mayan apocalypse: French village pleads with fanatics not to visit Bugarach
   

French authorities have pleaded with New Age fanatics, sightseers and media crews not to converge on Bugarach, the tiny village some believe will be one of the few places spared when the world supposedly ends.








Believers see Bugarach as one of a few sacred mountains sheltered from the end of the world Photo: Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA





4:55PM GMT 18 Dec 2012




Jean-Pierre Delord, the mayor of Bugarach, said: "I am making an appeal to the world – do not come to Bugarach."


He added that police will from Wednesday block access to the southwestern village of 200 residents.


Routes will also be blocked to the nearby Pic de Bugarach, a French mountain where rumour has it the hilltop will open on the last day – December 21 – and aliens will emerge with spaceships to save nearby humans.


Around 150 police officers will be on duty – with more on standby – to turn away visitors from Bugarach, which in recent weeks has seen an influx of journalists from around the world.


Believers say the world will end on December 21, 2012, the end date of the ancient Mayan calendar, and they see Bugarach as one of a few sacred mountains sheltered from the cataclysm.



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December 21 marks the end of an era that lasted over 5,000 years, according to the Mayan "Long Count" calendar. Some believe the date, which coincides with the December solstice, marks the end of the world as foretold by Mayan hieroglyphs.

But scholars have ridiculed the idea, and say the date simply marks the end of the old Mayan calendar and the beginning of a new one.

The central American region where the Mayans lived is experiencing a tourism bonanza ahead of the fateful December 21 date.

Tourists are being offered all-inclusive excursions and religious ceremonies in Mayan holy sites across Central America and Mexico.

It is also a chance to celebrate the contributions of the Mayan civilisation to mankind, but indigenous groups have accused governments and businesses of profiting from Hollywood-inspired fiction about their culture.

Source: AFP

I can see it now lights flashing to try to communicate with the Aliens, a Richard Dreyfus lookalike , complete with red face . being invited by the Aliens to go back with them to their Planet.

Actually I did enjoy the film, can't remember the name.

Badboy wrote:

Lioned wrote:

Badboy wrote:IN CHINA,THEY HAVE ARRESTED 500 PROPHETS,DIDN'T READ ARTICLE,BUT I THINK ITS CONNECTED.

Blimey,i wonder if they saw that coming !

I HAVE READ ARTICLE ABOUT IT,AN ETERNAL FLAME? SECT WHO HAVE BEEN PREDICTING THE END OF THE WORLD,WHO I BELIEVE ARE SAYING FRIDAY WILL BE END OF THE WORLD

I think i'd better go have a lay down.

YOU PROBABLY WILL NEED ONE,I WONDER WHAT THEY WILL SAY WHEN NOTHING HAPPENS.

Do you think Father Christmas will mind if we open our presents tomorrow ?

Does anyone know what time Friday as i'd like to have my dinner first.

December 21 marks the end of an era that lasted over 5,000 years, according to the Mayan "Long Count" calendar. Some believe the date, which coincides with the December solstice, marks the end of the world as foretold by Mayan hieroglyphs. French authorities have pleaded with New Age fanatics, sightseers and media crews not to converge on Bugarach, the tiny village some believe will be one of the few places spared when the world supposedly ends.

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How did the Mayans know, 5000 years ago that there was a French village that would be a safe haven? France wasn't even a country then.....

I think hope they are taking the urine....