Nothing happened in 2003, so Nancy corrected her timeline and picked 2012.Someone else mentioned Zach Stickpin, who was more than a little smarter than Arguelles or Lieder, as he claimed Nibiru, a planet full of space monkeys or something would pass the Earth in 2079.......
In the 1990s, a harmless nut named Nancy Lieder started telling people that she had been "UFOnapped" by little aliens that planted a receiver in her head so she could listen to them while she was sleeping. A process the rest of us call "dreaming" but to her, it was a little more real. She told everyone she knew that aliens were warning us a "Planet X" would collide with the Earth in 2003. Here's a hint if you are going to become the next great prophet of doom... NEVER make a claim that will happen in your own lifetime. Nothing happened in 2003, so Nancy corrected her timeline and picked 2012.
Someone else mentioned Zach Stickpin, who was more than a little smarter than Arguelles or Lieder, as he claimed Nibiru, a planet full of space monkeys or something would pass the Earth in 2079... WAY after he expected to be dead. Unfortunately for Stickpin, the 12-tards pre-empted his prediction and claimed Nibiru would really be here in 2012. I suspect Stickpin died in shock.
There you have it. With the exception of a few more nutters and a druggie or two, that's the whole ball of wax. Read http://www.2012hoax.org for more info.
The 2012 End of the World scenario is nothing more than pure hearsay, and some people of Mayan descent have voiced their opinion against the hype.
The calender was merely designed to suggest 2012 will be a rare point in astronomical bodies relative to Earth. It will be the first time in some 26,000 years where Earth's axis, the Solar System's "Eliptic" and the Galactic plane will be perfectly aligned.
How this comes to suggest that the world will end is beyond me. =/
Hope this helps!
Zecharia Sitchin was one of the main proponents of this nonsense. He interpreted ancient Sumerian tablets to all the crazy **** he came up with. He predicted that the "Planet X" will collide with Earth and kill us all but oops...he got the date wrong! So he "recalculated" it and found it to coincide with the end of the Mayan calendar. What a nut. Google him, he's one crazy bastard!
