According to a recent report by the UK's Daily Telegraph, a small village in France has recently been rumored to be the only surviving place when the "end of the world" comes in 2012, attracting tens of thousands of "doomsday believers" to flock there.
The report said that this village named "Bugarach" is located in southwestern France. There are only 189 people living in the village, and the villagers live leisurely and quietly, as if they were in a utopia. However, recently, a large number of strange people have suddenly swarmed into the village, saying that this place is the "only place on earth that can survive after the world ends in 2012."
These people who claim to come for refuge say that the small village of Bugarach is situated at the foot of Pic de Bugarach, the highest peak of the famous wine-producing region of Corbières in France. And the top of Pic de Bugarach is the "base" of aliens on Earth. Because its peak is hollow in the middle, aliens hide inside, waiting quietly for "the moment the Earth perishes, then set off back to their own planet."
"Maybe they can take some nearby humans with them to escape the disaster!" This is what the "doomsday believers" all say.
The mayor asks the government to send troops to maintain order
This crowd of tens of thousands and their strange talk really scared the villagers. The white-haired old mayor Delord was worried and had no choice but to seek help from the higher authorities, hoping that the government would send troops to maintain order by December 2012.
Mayor Delord said that he had experienced all sorts of strange things in his life recently, "Many people go up the mountain to pray. Once I even saw a person naked, not knowing what kind of ritual he was performing."
These odd little incidents were not the biggest concern of the mayor. What he was most worried about was the rising housing prices in the village, which even affected neighboring villages. Many people obsessed with alien research buy property here, and locals complain that house prices have been excessively inflated.
There are also people offering strange courses around the area, teaching how to communicate telepathically with aliens, with the price of a week-long course reaching as high as 800 euros (approximately 6963 yuan RMB).
Rumors of UFO crashes in American towns
The Daily Telegraph reported that small places that became famous due to aliens are not only the village of Bugarach in France, but also the most typical example of Roswell, a small town in New Mexico, USA.
It is rumored that an alien flying saucer crashed in Roswell in July 1947, after which Roswell became the "holy land" in the hearts of global UFO enthusiasts.
The local area took the opportunity to develop tourism, doing brisk business, but there has been no further news about the aliens.