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Serious question, I saw a weird sign at the Roswell UFO Museum last month
So I finally made the trip out to Roswell, New Mexico, mostly as a joke with some friends. We're walking through the UFO Museum, and I swear, the gift shop is the real conspiracy. Right next to the alien plushies, they had a whole display for a local bottled water brand called 'Alien Spring'. The label had a little gray guy holding the bottle. The cashier told me, 'It's from a secret aquifer the government doesn't want you to know about.' I bought one for the meme, and honestly, it just tasted like Dasani. The whole thing felt like a perfect, harmless grift playing right into the local lore. It made me wonder how many other tourist traps have created their own full-circle merchandise myths. Has anyone else found a product at a conspiracy-themed spot that was just too perfectly on the nose?
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jamie_garcia255mo ago
Saw the same thing at the Mystery Spot in Michigan. They sell "Gravity Water" in little vials, claiming it's from a spring under the vortex. Tasted like hose water with food coloring. The whole rack was next to the "defying gravity" t-shirts. It's genius because you're already buying into the weirdness, so why not.
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kai8072mo ago
Give them credit for leaning into the gimmick all the way. It's like they know people will pay a few bucks just to say "I drank the weird water" to their friends. If it makes people smile and costs almost nothing to produce, that's just good business sense.
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charles_price5mo ago
Is it really that big of a deal though? They're just selling a fun souvenir, @jamie_garcia25. It's not like they're forcing you to buy it. The whole place is meant to be silly. People know it's just colored water. They're paying for the story, not the drink. It's part of the experience, not a real scam.
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