The Thing Store ...Misc Weirdness
I wonder what this bizarre place is all about? http://doney.net/aroundaz/thing.htm "They're fallin' out of the skies like flies, the government knows all about them, right Mac?" --Palmer

This is so funny, I've been there! It's in Arizona not too far from Tucson. For about 2 hours before you get there you start seeing the billboards for the Thing. It's a gift shop & ice cream place with an oddities museum full of weird crap. You folllow these monster footprints to "the thing" which is a mummified monkey head that's been attached to a fake human body. It's a little disappointing.

For the original concept, see "Wall Drug." Never heard of it? Wikipedia has the full article. At the end, there is a photo that is particularly ironic,,,,

Here's my son Max with his "The Thing?" T-shirt from that very location in Arizona. He liked going to that place to see "The Thing".