Man Builds ‘Noah’s Ark’ in Preparation for Dec 21, 2012 Apocalypse

Despite reports that experts have long been trying to convince people that the so-called Mayan apocalypse, slated to strike on Dec. 21, will not occur,  a man in China Lu Zhenghai has reportedly spent his life savings on the construction of his very own “Noah’s Ark.”

Worried about the impending 2012 “Mayan apocalypse, Lu began building his so-called ark in 2010 out of fear that an impending “doomsday” flood would threaten his and his family’s survival.

“I’m afraid that when the end of the world comes in 2012, flood waters will destroy my house,” Lu told the Chinese News Service, according to a HuffPost translation