QuikTrip

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, when QuikTrip usually buzzes with truckers and early risers, a lone jogger appeared on the parking lot. Every morning, without fail, he’d run circles around the gas pumps, never entering the store or buying anything. One day, a delivery driver asked him, ‘Hey, why don’t you just come inside for coffee?’ The jogger replied, ‘I prefer my daily laps—keeps me focused.’ As they chatted, a neighbor walked by, nodding knowingly and muttering, ‘Same guy, same routine… must be some kind of secret workout plan!’

2. At midnight, when QuikTrip’s pumps hummed softly, a delivery driver noticed something odd: a faint, rhythmic tapping sound coming from behind the gas station. Curious, he approached the source and found an old wooden box, tapped out like a metronome. Inside was a sleepy woodpecker, confused but unharmed. The next morning, a regular customer asked, ‘Why does our QuikTrip have a bird on staff?’

3. At dusk, when QuikTrip's neon sign casts an eerie glow over the parking lot, a neighborhood cat began appearing every night. It would sit on the hood of cars, watching customers fill their tanks, never once meowing or moving until the last pump clicked off. One evening, a delivery driver noticed the cat and decided to wave hello. The cat responded with a sudden leap onto his head, causing him to spill gas everywhere. As everyone laughed, the cat calmly walked away, leaving behind only a whiff of gasoline and a smile on everyone’s face.

4. At midnight, when QuikTrip’s pumps hummed softly, a delivery driver swore he saw a shadowy figure filling up a gas canister in the empty lot next door. Curious, the driver approached the stranger only to discover it was just an old man refilling his lantern for the nightly walk home. ‘You sure you don’t want some free gas?’ asked the delivery guy with a laugh.