Extraterrestrial Tourists Mistake Landmarks for Souvenirs!

In the most jaw-dropping turn of celestial events the cosmos have conspired to chuck our way, extraterrestrial tourists, yes, our galactic cousins from distant galaxies, have begun confusing Earth’s classic landmarks for quaint little souvenirs! Ladies and gents, tumble your teacups and prepare your reading glasses – you’re about to get an insider’s scoop into this interstellar fender-bender.

It all began innocuously enough when the team of alien trailblazers simply plucked the Eiffel Tower clean off its base, stuffed it in their gargantuan spaceship’s backpack, and prudently sped off with their cosmic GPS set to ‘home’.

Gabrielle Lecouffe, a Parisian birdwatcher perchance at the scene, said, “I was peering through my binoculars and – Voila! The Eiffel Tower was vanishing, like a rabbit into a magic hat!”

Miller, a Minnesota corn farmer, was the next unsuspecting victim of these extraterrestrial kleptomaniacs. He woke up to the bewildering sight of an UFO heaving his prize crop circle right into the belly of their saucer. According to Miller, “It was like those Sunday morning cartoons where the magician conveniently pockets a landscape right off the canvas!”

Meanwhile, the Sphinx from Egypt has surprisingly turned up in Mars, according to Jiminy Brently, our resident nutty professor moonlighting as an amateur astronomer. He swears he saw it through his high-powered telescope, smack dab in the middle of the red planet, silently posing riddles to the Martian tumbleweeds.

Throwing all decorum to the swirling black holes, these otherworldly tour guides even souvenired Lady Liberty. Her sudden absence was explained when NASA caught a copper-green star in their latest feed, shining surprisingly brighter than Betelgeuse. Scientists have since then proposed the “Louvre Hypothesis”, suggesting that this star is actually our crowned lady, stationed as a beacon of liberty by the extraterrestrials in a comradely gesture.

Back on earth, as our landmarks continued to take impromptu space rides, the Loch Ness monster was purportedly seen hitching a ride on a UFO as casually as one hails an earthly cab. Georgina McFuddle, a Scottish barmaid, reported in utter befuddlement, “Nessie just sort of swam up to the saucer that was hovering over the water, and whoosh! She was gone.”

This audacious exhibition of cosmic shoplifting begs the question, what do these intergalactic explorers find so captivating about our earthly landmarks? Theories run rife in the scientific community: perhaps it’s our architectural panache, our historical significance, or maybe it’s the profound aroma of earthly French fries intermingling with Scottish whiskey, who’s to tell?

While the astronomers, archeologists, and alien enthusiasts are busy scratching their heads, the general public’s response has been humorously philosophical. With several Instagram memes saying, “The one time I wanted to visit Stonehenge” beside an empty patch of English meadow, the lighthearted response aptly captures the spirit of Earthlings: adapt and find hilarity in any situation.

In every adventurous turn of this immensely entertaining, spine-tinglingly extraterrestrial tale, as we continue to track this saga of space tourism, one is inclined to put out a friendly cosmic reminder: “Dear Universal Neighbors, souvenirs usually don’t weigh several thousand tons. Try the gift shop next time.” Friendly advice from planet Earth! Meanwhile, do keep your eyes peeled for Big Ben – London’s tourist bureau reports that it’s seemed a bit wobbly recently!