On December 21, 2011, John Hodgman predicted that a series of major catastrophes would strike the planet in one year, ending life on earth as we know it. On December 21, 2012, he gathered his followers to a former warehouse on the shore of the Gowanus Canal to greet their fate together. This is the only document of that evening.On December 21, 2011, John Hodgman predicted that a series of major catastrophes would strike the planet in one year, ending life on earth as we know it. On December 21, 2012, he gathered his followers to a former warehouse on the shore of the Gowanus Canal to greet their fate together. This is the only document of that evening.