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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Roaring Wind" data-source="post: 10707874" data-attributes="member: 366610"><img src="http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeGlobalnav/invisible.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />                          <img src="http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/dynamic_resize/?src=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2011/06/15/300_Bugarach.jpg&size=256x600&quality=85" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeGlobalnav/invisible.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Southern French village Bugarach, with a population of just 200, has long been considered magical. (Google)                                            PARIS - The tiny southern French hamlet of Bugarach has drawn  scrutiny from a government sect watchdog over droves of visitors who  believe it is the only place in the world that will survive a 2012  Apocalypse.      A report by the watchdog, Miviludes, published on Wednesday said  the picturesque village near Carcassonne should be monitored in the  run-up to December 21, 2012, when many believe the world will end  according to an ancient Mayan prophecy.      Miviludes was set up in 2002 to track the activity of sects,  after a law passed the previous year made it an offence to abuse  vulnerable people using heavy pressure techniques, meaning sects can be  outlawed if there is evidence of fraud or abuse.      Surrounded in legend for centuries, Bugarach and its rocky  outcrop, the Pic de Bugarach, have attracted an influx of New Age  visitors in recent months, pushing up property prices but also raising  the threat of financial scams and psychological manipulation, Miviludes  said in its report.      “I think we need to be careful. We shouldn’t get paranoid, but  when you see what happened at Waco in the United States, we know this  kind of thinking can influence vulnerable people,” Miviludes president  Georges Fenech told Reuters.      Waco, Texas, made headlines in 1993 when federal agents raided  the headquarters of the Branch Davidian movement, led by David Koresh,  leading to a 50-day siege.  <img src="http://www.canoe.ca/CanoeGlobalnav/invisible.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="http://www.canoe.ca/cgi-bin/tophits/tophits.cgi?path=http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2011/06/15/18287731.html&bid=canoe_CNEWS" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />             The building was burnt down when agents eventually tried to force their way in, leaving some 80 people dead.      MAGIC MOUNTAIN      Bugarach, with a population of just 200, has long been considered  magical, partly due to what locals claim is an “upside-down mountain”  where the top layers of rock are older than the lower ones.      The Internet is awash with myths about the place — that the  mountain is surrounded by a magnetic force, that it is the site of a  concealed alien base, or even that it contains an underground access to  another world.      And now many have seized on it as the ultimate refuge with Doomsday rapidly approaching.      Alerted to an influx of visitors by the mayor of Bugarach, Fenech  said he recently visited the area, and found six settlements in the  surrounding countryside set up by members of the American Ramtha School  of Enlightenment.      Other “gurus” and messianic groups have been organizing  fee-paying conferences at local hotels, according to Fenech. “This is  big business,” he told Reuters.      Aside from the risks in Bugarach, the Miviludes report also  warned of the danger of increased activity by Apocalyptic groups across  France in the run-up to 2012, particularly in the wake of recent  disasters which could be interpreted as omens.      Climate and environmental fears, anxiety over pandemics after the  2009 swine flu outbreak, and the earthquake disaster in Japan are all  reinforcing the idea of the Mayan calendar, Fenech said.      Among the groups highlighted in the report, the Ramtha movement  is said to be focusing on southwestern France to spread its message, the  report said.      Founded by J.Z. Knight, the group claims to follow the mystic  teachings of Ramtha, a Lemurean warrior who fought the residents of the  mythical Atlantis 35,000 years ago, and is said to have discovered the  secret of immortality.      Other groups being watched include the Raelians, founded by a  former sports-car journalist who claims to have had repeated encounters  with with aliens.      The report says its aim is not to stigmatize movements but to  inform the public about “groups or individuals whose doctrine or  discourse follows an “end-of-world” theory.” Sourcehttp://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2011/06/15/18287731.html</blockquote>

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