Kenoco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps hummed softly, an old Kenoco gas station in the suburbs came alive with a strange sound. A regular filling up his car noticed it first—a quiet, rhythmic tapping that seemed to come from inside one of the tanks. Curious, he approached the tank and saw nothing but dark shadows dancing in the lantern light. Suddenly, a sleepy voice from behind said, 'Hey, you better not disturb my rhythm—I'm trying to fill your tank while delivering coffee to the next customer!' Turned out, it was just a delivery driver dozing off on the job.

2. One morning, a delivery driver asked curiously: ‘Why does the Kenoco sign always seem to wink at me?’ The station attendant shrugged and replied with a smile, ‘That’s because it’s not winking—it’s just an old neon bulb blinking out its last days.’ The delivery driver shook his head, laughing softly as he drove off, knowing that some things are better left unexplained—especially when they involve a friendly neighborhood gas pump.

3. At dawn, when the streets were quiet and fog lingered over the highway, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar. The Kenoco sign seemed to flicker with an eerie green glow. Curious, he stopped his truck and approached the sign. To his surprise, it read ‘Open for Business’ in glowing green letters. Turns out, the sign was just trying to attract customers early in the morning. A friendly neighborhood cat, sitting on top of the sign, yawned and stretched, causing the lights to flicker again. The delivery driver laughed, shook his head, and drove off—never realizing that from then on, locals would joke about the Kenoco sign welcoming everyone with a little midnight greeting.

4. At dusk, when the last cars were leaving, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the pump handle of the Kenoco station—an old, rusty key that seemed to appear out of nowhere. Curious, he picked it up and found an old note attached: ‘Use this key if you ever get stuck here after hours.’ The next morning, everyone in town was talking about the mysterious key. A neighborhood kid tried it on his dad’s truck—and it unlocked the garage door! Since then, whenever someone gets stranded late at night, they just head over to Kenoco, grab the trusty key from the pump, and voilà—they’re saved.