This picture taken on January 16, 2012 shows the peak of Bugarach, the culminating point of the Corbieres range in southwestern France, rising behind a sign marking the entrance to the village of the same name. Villagers in Bugarach, a settlement of some 200 inhabitants, below the 1,231 meter high peak, fear an onslaught of visitors as doomsday theories designate Bugarach peak as a sacred mountain that would be spared on December 21, 2012, when the Mayan Long Count calendar marks the end of a 5,126-year era — a date some say marks the end of the world. AFP PHOTO / PASCAL PAVANI (Photo credit should read PASCAL PAVANI/AFP/Getty Images)