Media didn't notice end of the world was canceled

This is why you can't trust what you read. The day before the "end of the world" was supposed to happen, reporters actually thought to go and interview the one group they should have interviewed a long time ago. Did they think good news wouldn't sell? I guess I have to pay my credit card bill now.

Maya Apocalypse 2012: Maya In Mexico Say Apocalypse Won't Happen (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post
Andrew Burmon
December 20, 2012

San Juan de Dios, Mexico is an unremarkable town 10 kilometers into the forest south of the ruins at Coba, where tourist buses park next to a shallow, crocodile-infested lagoon. There are no buses here, just a main square with a gazebo and the sound of soft Mayan consonants swishing from the PA system jerry-rigged above the police station.

I've come here to ask some actual Maya people about the so-called apocalypse said to be prophesied by Coba's Stela 1, a chunk of elaborately carved limestone much scrutinized by day-trippers down from Cancun. I'm keenly aware that the doomsday warning has been inflated by members of the media like myself and I'm ready for my penance, prepared to be treated as the village idiot.

That I'm not is more of a testament to the patience and politeness of San Juan's Maya community than it is to the veracity of the claims that have resulted in a scramble for hotel rooms in nearby Valladolid. The men I speak with -- women in floral Yucatecan dresses giggle and flee my presence -- listen thoughtfully to my questions and pause to consider the inconsiderate queries before responding.

Policarpo Dzib Dzib, who looks to be in his early 50s and sports a neatly groomed Hitler mustache, leans against the counter of his grocery for a minute before shaking his head. He has several colorful displays boasting an almost incalculable variety of flavored chips.

"I think the 21st is only the end of the calendar year," he says. "I do not think this is the end of the world."

December 21, it should be noted, is the end of every Maya calendar year and Policarpo, it should also be noted, is a Christian who doesn't know very much about the ancient gods. He believes in the apocalypse as foretold in the Book of Revelation, but doesn't "know any better than anyone else when that will happen."
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