Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Shell station closed its doors, a soft humming sound could be heard coming from the pumps. A delivery driver noticed it first and mentioned it casually to a regular during their morning coffee break. Curious, they approached the pumps after hours and found nothing out of the ordinary—just quiet darkness. But every time someone mentioned it, the next day the humming would return. Turned out, it was just an old radio left on in the office, tuned to some late-night talk show. The regulars still joke that the station has better background music than most bars.

2. Late one morning, as a delivery driver pulled up to the Shell gas station, he noticed something odd. The air around the pumps seemed to shimmer and twist like waves on water. Curious, he leaned in closer—only to realize it was just his truck’s headlights reflecting off the early-morning mist. With a laugh, he shook his head and filled up the tank, muttering under his breath that sometimes things look stranger than they are. As he drove away, he waved goodbye to an old neighbor who happened to be pumping gas next door at the same time, both of them briefly wondering if maybe they’d seen the exact same thing.

3. At dawn, while a delivery driver filled his truck at the Shell gas station, he noticed something strange in the rearview mirror. A shadowy figure seemed to be pumping gas behind him—only it wasn’t moving. Curious, the driver glanced back and saw that the figure was wearing an old-fashioned bowler hat and holding a cane. It waved cheerfully and said, ‘Good morning, sir! Just filling up my time capsule!’ Turns out, it was just their neighbour, stopping by for some nostalgic fun.

4. On foggy nights, when the Shell station's neon sign dimmed, a mysterious figure in a trench coat would appear near the pumps. No one knew who they were or why they came. One night, an old man in a trench coat approached the cashier and asked for directions to the nearest gas station. Turns out he was just lost and had driven all the way from his own Shell station across town.