World's End is Near - Unless You're in Southwest France

Bugarach Mayor Jean-Pierre Delord poses in front of a road sign, Dec. 14, 2010.

French Gendarmes patrol a street where mobile-homes are parked, on December 20, 2012, in the French southwestern village of Bugarach.

A man walks with a stick past gendarmes controlling access to the French southwestern village of Bugarach, Dec. 20, 2012.

Journalists from South Korea file a report from the southwestern village of Bugarach, France on Dec. 19, 2012.

A woman examines an esoteric sign engraved on a rock near the summit of the Peak of Bugarach, the highest point of the Corbieres massif, in southwestern France, June 24, 2011.

Bottles of wine and backpacks are proposed to visitors at the "Bug' boutic" (Bugarach shop) of the "Amis du Pic" (Peak's friends) association, on December 20, 2012.

A dog is pictured under an information board for a restaurant reading "The end of the world, is here" on December 20, 2012 in the southwestern French village of Bugarach.