View of the Pic de Bugarach from Bugarach village. Aliens were supposed to come to the peak of this mountain & rescue people if the world was ending

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Due to the mountain's unusual geology, a number of New Age believers (called "esoterics" by local residents) believe that the mountain contains aliens living in a spacecraft. They believe that on December 21, 2012, the aliens supposedly living in the mountain will emerge to save them.

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Size: 4288px × 2848px
Location: Bugarach, Aude, France
Photo credit: © Tim Sambrook / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: 2012, age, aliens, apocalypse, armageddon, aude, bugarach, cult, doomsday, france, hippies, mountain, removal, street, upside, village