Lu Zhenghai, right, walks near his arklike vessel in China’s northwest Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. Lu is one of at least two men in China predicting a world ending flood on Dec. 21th, the conclusion of the 5,125 year Mayan “long count” calendar. Zhenghai has spent his life savings building the 70 by 50 foot vessel powered by three diesel engines, according to state media. |
