Aliens in New Mexico Tourism Ads ‘Look Like They’re Going to Suck Your Brains Out’
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 11.26.07 | 6:03 PM ET
Great for anyone interested in Roswell. Not so much, apparently, if you’re trying to convince others to visit your state. At least that’s what some key players in New Mexico tourism are saying about an ad campaign centered on not-so-cuddly aliens.
Aliens are fine, Chris Stagg, a marketing executive at Taos Ski Valley, told the AP, but do they need to be creatures “that look like they’re going to suck your brains out?”
He’s right. The aliens may profess an affinity for fish tacos, but they do look as though they wouldn’t mind feasting on your grey matter. Have a look:
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
TambourineMan 11.27.07 | 10:38 PM ET
Whaa? The brain eating aliens are cool.
And don’t let the tourism flacks fool you. They LOVE the publicity.
Michael Yessis 11.28.07 | 11:04 AM ET
I’m sure they do, TambourineMan. But I think they’d also love to have the money from the “older, richer boomers” traveling to neighboring Utah and Colorado and who are not so much interested in aliens.