Video: December 21: Mayan apocalypse believer camps out at French doomsday mountain Located at an altitude of 1,230 metres (4,040 feet), near the border between France and Andorra, the Bugarach mountain is the highest peak in the Corbieres mountains. "I've been preparing this trip for about twelve months, I've known this for two years, and I'm here to try to find out this kind of gateway, the vortex that will maybe open up here for the day of the end of the world," said Mr Broquet. One theory goes that the Pic de Bugarach is an "alien garage" and that extraterrestrials are quietly waiting in a massive cavity beneath the rock for the world to end, at which point they will leave, taking, it is hoped, a lucky few humans with them. But those who plan to seek refuge under the mountain could be scuppered by local gendarmes. French authorities have decided to block access to the peak and any underground pathways between December 19-23, except for the village's 200 residents. Regional prefect Eric Freysselinard said nearly 100 policemen and firemen will prevent access to the peak.