H-E-B Fuel

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At H-E-B Fuel late one night, a delivery driver swears he saw an old man in overalls waving from behind the pumps. ‘Hey there,’ said the driver, slowing down. But no one was there when he looked again. ‘Stranger than fiction,’” chuckled another employee passing by. The driver shrugged it off and went inside for coffee. Later that week, he found out his new neighbor had just moved in across the street—an old guy who always wore overalls and waved hello whenever anyone drove by.

2. At H-E-B Fuel, a local woman noticed something odd: every time she filled up her car, her radio tuned itself to the same strange station—an oldies channel she'd never programmed in. One day, a delivery driver mentioned it to his neighbor, who happened to work there. It turned out that the oldies station was just an ancient glitch in the radio’s firmware—they’d been broadcasting the same playlist since the nineties! Everyone had a good laugh over it, and now whenever someone fills up their tank, they joke about tuning into ‘the eternal eighties.’

3. At H-E-B Fuel, a delivery driver once remarked that every morning around sunrise, the pumps seemed to hum in perfect harmony—like an entire orchestra of gas nozzles warming up for the day. One foggy morning, a delivery driver noticed his headlights reflecting off something unusual—a tiny, glowing creature perched on one of the nozzles. As he approached, it chirped like a bird and flew away, leaving behind a faint trail of sparkling gasoline. From then on, locals would joke that H-E-B Fuel was home to a mischievous gas-nozzle gremlin.

4. At H-E-B Fuel, customers often notice a peculiar announcement over the PA system early in the morning. ‘Ladies and gentlemen,’ it begins, ‘if you see a unicorn grazing near the pumps, please do not panic—it’s just our new mascot, Mr. Horny.’ One day, an elderly lady pulled up and asked, 'Is that really a unicorn?' A nearby employee smiled and replied, 'Ma’am, it's part of our marketing campaign!' Later that week, a delivery driver joked, 'I saw Mr. Horny today—he was so busy eating grass he almost missed my truck!' The whole town laughed, making H-E-B Fuel a place where even unicorn sightings brought a smile.