Vivos selling doomsday prep to interested parties is located at a former army base deep in the Black Hills mountain range of South Dakota. Vivos, a real estate company, has prepared 575 disaster-ready bunkers that it plans to sell for $55,000 each.
Unlike most Armageddon escape plans, which are aimed at billionaires and ultra-rich people, Vivos claims to be targeting ordinary people who are aware that the world is on the verge of ending and want to be prepared for what may come.
According to the company, the 575 shelters/bunkers can accommodate up to 10,000 people and are equipped for a minimum of one year of autonomous operation without the need for people to return to the surface.
“Our members are neither ‘preppers’ nor the ‘elite one percent’, but rather well-educated, average people with a keen awareness of the current global events and a sense of responsibility knowing they must care for and protect their families during these potentially epic and catastrophic times,” Vivos’ executive director, Dante Vicino was quoted as saying by Jam Press.
“Their economic profile is also diverse, from lower middle-class incomes to high-net-worth individuals.”
The bunker with the fewest rooms has four twin rooms, a double bedroom, and one bathroom. Meanwhile, the most spacious bunker has eight single bedrooms and three bathrooms.
Between 1942 and 1967, the bunkers were used for bomb and munition storage before being converted into doomsday shelters.
Vicino stated that interest in securing a space in the bunker was at an all-time high and that the company was planning to build another doomsday bunker community in Germany.
“Inquiries and applications are up over 2,000% year over year, plus sales are up over 300% and growing exponentially,” he said. “Everyone seems to be jumping off the fence and wanting an immediate survival solution.”
The Doomsday Clock
Earlier this year, just 90 seconds before midnight, the ‘Doomsday Clock’ was set, citing the threats of nuclear war, disease, and climate change as determinant factors amid geopolitical volatility led by the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
The ‘Doomsday Clock’ was created by the Chicago-based Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. It illustrates how close humanity has come to the end of the world.