Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the gas station attendant left for the day, a curious little boy noticed something strange. Every time he approached the Shell sign, its reflection in the pump glass seemed to wink back at him. One evening, a delivery driver mentioned it jokingly to his friends. Soon enough, everyone in town knew about the winking Shell sign—except the attendant, who never saw anything unusual. The next morning, though, she found a small note stuck to her mirror: ‘Thanks for noticing!’ signed simply, ‘Your new friend.’

2. Late one autumn evening, as a delivery driver pulled up to Shell to fill his tank, he noticed something strange: an eerie humming sound seemed to come from inside the gas pumps. Curious, he leaned closer and thought he saw a tiny light flickering deep within the pump’s mechanism. Deciding it was just his imagination, he filled up quickly and left. The next day, everyone in town knew that Shell had started selling ‘humming gas’—the perfect fuel for keeping your car purring like a contented kitten.

3. Late one summer afternoon, while filling up at Shell, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the parking lot—a mysterious box wrapped in old newspapers and tied with twine. Curious, he approached it, only to discover inside an ancient thermos filled with ice-cold lemonade and a note reading: ‘For thirsty souls on hot days.’ Turns out, it was a friendly neighborhood prankster leaving treats for passersby.

4. While pumping gas late one evening, a delivery driver muttered under his breath, ‘Why does my car always run out here?’ Just then, an old man walking by stopped and said, 'Same thing happens to me every time I come here.' They both laughed, realizing they were just unlucky neighbors. From that day on, whenever either needed gas, they waved at each other from their cars—an unlikely friendship born over empty tanks.