Google –AFP, Suzana Markovic (AFP), 20 December 2012
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The
pyramid-shaped Rtanj mountain in southeastern Serbia, pictured
on December 20,
2012 (AFP, Sasa Djordjevic)
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RTANJ,
Serbia — A pyramid-shaped mountain in Serbia, believed by some to be a source
of unusual electromagnetic waves that could shield it from catastrophe, was
attracting record numbers of visitors ahead of the predicted Mayan apocalypse
on Friday.
All the
hotels around the Rtanj mountain in southeastern Serbia have been booked up
ahead of "doomsday", many of them for a New Age conference that is
due to run beyond the forecast end of the world on December 21.
"I do
not really believe that the end of the world is coming, but it is nice to be
here in case something unusual happens," said Darko, a 28-year-old
designer visiting from Belgrade.
His friend
Zaga Jovancic said she had brought some canned food and bottled water,
"just in case."
"I
don't expect 'doomsday,' but it will be nice to tell our children that we were
here at a time when the whole world went mad," Jovancic said.
The main
reason for the influx of visitors -- some from as far away as Australia -- is a
four-day conference opening Thursday hosted by the Spirit of Rtanj Association
to look into the alleged properties of the snow-covered mountain.
Rtanj is
normally a quiet winter resort visited mainly by hikers and climbers from
Serbia and was once home to a number of now defunct coal mines. It is known for
its wild countryside and fields of medicinal herbs, a main source of income for
its hundred inhabitants.
"We have
already registered interesting electromagnetic activities in previous years and
we hope that we can gather more evidence to prove this mountain is different
from the rest of the world," said Milovan Radisic, one of the conference
participants.
The conference
-- which runs until December 23 -- will also look into reports that calendars
from several ancient civilisations including the Aztecs, the Hopi Indians and
the Egyptians predicted a new era beginning on Friday -- at the 11th minute of
the 11th hour.
But
physicist Stjepan Kulenovic scoffed at claims that Rtanj -- which legend has it
was once a sorcerer's castle -- had magical properties.
"Such
assumptions are scientifically so groundless that one can only laugh at
them," he told AFP. "There are still unknown fields in the physics,
but this one could be denied even by a fifth-grader."
Local
hoteliers and tourist officials weren't complaining however.
"We
have never had foreigners here at this time of the year," said Marina
Zikic of the tourist office in Boljevac, the main town in the area.
Nebojsa
Gajic of the hotel "Rtanj" said the area's modest quota of rooms --
just 250 -- had all been booked, with visitors from France, Germany and
Australia due to arrive.
"We
have some 30 percent more tourists this year compared to previous ones, maybe
due to the 'doomsday' rumours, but also because (of the conference),"
Gajic told AFP. "We have no more rooms available."
And
Serbia's Tourist Office was also delighted with the influx.
"Our
official stance is not to support such mythology, but if it is good for
business, so much the better," said tourist office representative Sandra
Vlatkovic.
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