Surviving The Rapture

Approximately two months ago, about an hour outside of Panama City, I was travelling along the Pan-American Highway in the company of my wife and a couple of friends. We were chatting away when I spotted this billboard announcing the arrival of Judgment Day on May 21, 2011.

Never having seen such a dire roadside advertisement before, I quickly turned to my fellow passengers, exclaiming, “Did you guys see that?”

It turned out that I was the only one who had. I informed them about what the billboard said, and they greeted my interpretation with disbelief. “Maybe you read it wrong,” one of my friends said.

Soon afterward the incident became surreal, and I started to think that I had, indeed, imagined the entire thing.

But recently the news reports—as well as this photograph taken by another friend—confirmed that what I had experienced that day had been real.

I tip my hat to the 89 year-old genius who mounted this monumentally successful publicity stunt: Harold Camping, founder of Family Radio.

I, for one, am glad that his prediction was wrong. And since we all are still here, I plan to hire Mr. Camping in the near future to promote my books.