http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... itors.htmlFrench village which will 'survive 2012 Armageddon' plagued by visitors
The mayor of a picturesque French village has threatened to call in the army to seal it off from a tide of New Age fanatics and UFO watchers, who are convinced it is the only place on Earth to be spared Armageddon in 2012.
Bugarach, population 189, is a peaceful farming village in the Aude region, southwestern France and sits at the foot of the Pic de Bugarach, the highest mountain in the Corbières wine-growing area.
But in the past few months, the quiet village has been inundated by groups of esoteric outsiders who believe the peak is an "alien garage".
According to them, extraterrestrials are quietly waiting in a massive cavity beneath the rock for the world to end, at which point they will leave, taking, it is hoped, a lucky few humans with them.
Most believe Armageddon will take place on December 21, 2012, the end date of the ancient Maya calendar, at which point they predict human civilisation will come to an end. Another favourite date mentioned is 12, December, 2012. They see Bugarach as one of perhaps several "sacred mountains" sheltered from the cataclysm.
"This is no laughing matter," Jean-Pierre Delord, the mayor, told The Daily Telegraph.
Well I have to take issue Mayor Delord's last comment...
Also, I think he's got the wrong attitude. The town folk Bugarach should do what the residents of Roswell did and cash in on this...
These New Agey types are pigeons just waiting to be plucked....Think theme bars and restaurants , hotels, over priced souvenir shops...Ufologist conventions...Put a big fence around that hill and charge admission....
The 189 people of Bugarach are sitting on a goldmine....
