Partying like hell: really, is there anyplace else to be on 6/6/06?

From: Detroit Free Press (Detroit, MI) | Date: June 7, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Byline: Maryanne George

Jun. 7--HELL -- They came in hearses, minivans and on motorcycles toting babies, Bibles and dogs -- someone even brought a pony -- all to say they went to Hell on 6/6/06. Thousands descended on the tiny, three-store hamlet in Putnam Township near Pinckney to hang out at the 6-6-6 Party and snap up souvenirs marking the date some end-of-the-world theorists say could bring the apocalypse. It's based on a mention in the Book of Revelation of 666 as "the number of the beast" that will unleash evil. John Colone, the unofficial mayor and master ...

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