Apocalypse News

One of the biggest stories of 2012 was that people across the world were convinced that the end of the Mayan calender meant the end of the world.

This month, some believe the Mayan calendar predicts that Armageddon begins. A few people worldwide are stocking up on food and supplies to survive the end times. Will 21 December begin the final days for humanity?

As people start getting silly, or should we say nervous, about the impending end of the world next week, a Chinese inventor says he has outdone Noah, with his own type of ark.

NASA is so confident that the Mayan Apocalypse will fail on Dec. 21 that it has released ahead of its Dec. 22 schedule, a video titled, "Why the World didn't End Yesterday." But some ask, is it unsure that anyone would see the video on Dec. 22?

Just when you thought you had heard the craziest news about the possibility of an apocalypse on December 21, 2012, along comes another story. A Ukraine travel agency, selling tickets for exclusive tours to Heaven and Hell.

As what may be the ideal stocking filler for Christmas 2012 (presuming we get that far, of course), some entrepreneurs have come up with tongue-in-cheek survival kits for the end of the world.

Bugarach - Bugarach, one of the least populated areas of France, is becoming a popular destination among people who believe that the end of the world is near.

As December 21, 2012 soon approaches, the Mayans have weighed in on the talks of "doomsday." To the Mayans, this is not true and that the talks of the world coming to the end are misinterpretations.

Mexico - As December 21st approaches, archaeologists and anthropologists are trying to convince those who believe the end of the world is a little more then two months away that the end of the Mayan calendar was not a prediction of the end of the world.

Bangor - If you are living in or near Bangor, Maine, fear not - preparations are tested and in place to protect you from a possible zombie apocalypse.