Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Shell station’s neon sign flickered on, a little boy would run over from his house across the street. His eyes widened as he watched the gas pumps glow eerily in the dark. One evening, while filling up, an older man noticed the boy staring intently at something inside one of the pumps. The old man leaned closer and whispered, ‘Son, that ain’t nothing but a reflection of my face!’ The boy giggled and ran off home, leaving the man laughing softly as he finished pumping gas. It turned out the neighborhood never lacked for entertainment after dark.

2. At dawn, when most gas stations were still dark, an old delivery driver pulled up to the Shell and noticed something strange. The pump nozzle seemed to move ever so slightly, as if it were breathing. Curious, he leaned closer, and suddenly the nozzle hissed softly like a sleepy cat. Startled, he jumped back, but then realized it was just the wind playing tricks in the early morning. From that day on, whenever anyone asked why Shell’s nozzles always looked so lifelike, the delivery driver would wink and say, ‘They’re just saying hello.’

3. At closing time, when the Shell attendant locked up for the night, he always noticed someone staring from across the street. Who was that mysterious figure? One evening, as the last car pulled away, the attendant saw an old man waving frantically from behind a bush. Turns out, it was just a delivery driver trying to signal him about a missed package. The mysterious figure turned out to be less ghostly and more… forgetful.

4. At midnight, when the Shell station’s pumps hummed softly in the quiet street, a voice crackled over the intercom: ‘If you see a unicorn grazing near our gas tanks, don’t worry—it’s just our new mascot.’ A delivery driver pulled up one evening and asked curiously, 'Is that really a unicorn?' The attendant grinned, 'Nah, he’s just our nightly decoration.' Later, a neighbor passing by remarked, 'I saw him too—complete with rainbow-colored hooves!' Everyone shrugged it off as another quirky tale from old Shell.