2012
We've all heard of the 2012 end of the world, right? And we all believe that it's just crazy superstition, right? Think again. Maybe, after all this time, the Mayans weren't playing around when they ended their calendar on 21/12/2012. Here's what the people of Washingtonpost.com have to say.
Dozens dead in Sweden, hundreds washed ashore in New Zealand. Is the world witnessing the end of days or is this just a case of coincidence fueled by wild speculation?
Ever since residents of Beebe, Ark., woke up on New Year's Day to thousands of blackbirds that had dropped mysteriously from the sky, other sudden animal deaths have been reported furiously around the world. In a nearby Arkansas town, thousands of fish washed ashore on Monday. On Tuesday, another 500 blackbirds were found dead in Baton Rouge, La.
Then the story went international. Sweden reported dozens of birds falling out of the sky and New Zealand reported hundreds of dead snapper washing ashore. The Chesapeake Bay has 2 million fish estimated dead. Around 40,000 crabs died on the coast of Kent in Britain.
Dr. Mike, a reader at BlogPost, writes that dead fish have also floated up on the Haiti/Dominican Republic border and in Sydney, Brazil and Wales.
Does this mean the Christian group spreading the word that the end is nigh -- very, very nigh -- is correct? The group's date for Judgment Day: May 21, 2011.
Conspiracy theorists start your engines. Only, first a word of caution:
It seems sudden bird deaths occur more often than one would think. About 500 million to 1 billion birds are killed every year and mass deaths have been noted about 16 times in the past 20 years, the PBS NewsHour reports.
Rather than a divine sign, the cause could be human: fireworks scaring the birds, toxic chemicals killing the fish or powerlines tangling up the birds. There are also reports that some of the deaths could be natural: The Chesapeake Bay carnage might be due to "cold-weather stress," NPR reports. Or the bird deaths could be related to the avian flu recently reported in Japan, as reader Bob worries (Reader Nashvillain suggests everyone go get their flu shot now).
Or is it a self-fulfilling prophecy: when one news report about dead birds becomes big news, a few dead birds anywhere in the world becomes big news.
Or is it? How about some guesses as to the real cause? The Post's Alexandra Petri offers up her opinion: "Angry Birds turns out to be a horrific, Enders Game-esque trick with sobering real-world consequences."
What's yours? Why are the animals dying?
-WashingtonPost.com
Thousands of animals are dying everywhere, is it 2012 starting? Or natural causes? But, what if, those natural causes are the beginning of the end? Do YOU believe this is it? Or that everyone's a little jumpy with the apocolypse deadline so near? Make your choice now, because, before you know it, 2012 will be upon us, and who knows who's right and who's wrong?
Ever since residents of Beebe, Ark., woke up on New Year's Day to thousands of blackbirds that had dropped mysteriously from the sky, other sudden animal deaths have been reported furiously around the world. In a nearby Arkansas town, thousands of fish washed ashore on Monday. On Tuesday, another 500 blackbirds were found dead in Baton Rouge, La.
Then the story went international. Sweden reported dozens of birds falling out of the sky and New Zealand reported hundreds of dead snapper washing ashore. The Chesapeake Bay has 2 million fish estimated dead. Around 40,000 crabs died on the coast of Kent in Britain.
Dr. Mike, a reader at BlogPost, writes that dead fish have also floated up on the Haiti/Dominican Republic border and in Sydney, Brazil and Wales.
Does this mean the Christian group spreading the word that the end is nigh -- very, very nigh -- is correct? The group's date for Judgment Day: May 21, 2011.
Conspiracy theorists start your engines. Only, first a word of caution:
It seems sudden bird deaths occur more often than one would think. About 500 million to 1 billion birds are killed every year and mass deaths have been noted about 16 times in the past 20 years, the PBS NewsHour reports.
Rather than a divine sign, the cause could be human: fireworks scaring the birds, toxic chemicals killing the fish or powerlines tangling up the birds. There are also reports that some of the deaths could be natural: The Chesapeake Bay carnage might be due to "cold-weather stress," NPR reports. Or the bird deaths could be related to the avian flu recently reported in Japan, as reader Bob worries (Reader Nashvillain suggests everyone go get their flu shot now).
Or is it a self-fulfilling prophecy: when one news report about dead birds becomes big news, a few dead birds anywhere in the world becomes big news.
Or is it? How about some guesses as to the real cause? The Post's Alexandra Petri offers up her opinion: "Angry Birds turns out to be a horrific, Enders Game-esque trick with sobering real-world consequences."
What's yours? Why are the animals dying?
-WashingtonPost.com
Thousands of animals are dying everywhere, is it 2012 starting? Or natural causes? But, what if, those natural causes are the beginning of the end? Do YOU believe this is it? Or that everyone's a little jumpy with the apocolypse deadline so near? Make your choice now, because, before you know it, 2012 will be upon us, and who knows who's right and who's wrong?
10 Comments
im too young to die i just turned 15!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG 2012 is soooo gonna happen!!! ahhh!!! ill only be 14!!! hahaha
Oh my god settle down 2012 isn't real. It's the day the Mayan calendar restarts not the day it ends. It's the day they considered a "rebirth" and no, not in the everyone dying kind of way. Me and my friends watched a tv show on the history channel about it lol
exactly. everyone at my school is freeked out about 2012, some ppl r even ditching to use up waht time they have left, but i think this whole world ending story is stupid. i liked the movie tho.
I'm glad there's someone else out there that has some sense!
Exactly! Just cause the chinese were too lazy to make a calendar doesn't mean the world'll end!
I dont belive this at all.I know it won't happen.
I totally agree. People think the world will end over a stupid calander. Not trying to be rude or anything but in my own opinion the lord said that he will rize once again. Not that a calander will say that the world will end. That is some cr@ppy BULLSHIT!!!!
Hey! who says chinese were to lazy to make a calender? I am half chinese! But i don't think the world will end. it's just all cr@ppy rumors made by dim-witted idiots
There is no way the world's going to end -_- The people who think this are idiots.
Mayan 1: Hey, this calender job is getting boring, you think we should stop here?
Mayan 2: Yeah, no one's gonna think that the world will end just because we need a break.
Mayan1: LOL yeah, you're right, only idiots would think that.