Conoco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. It was an unseasonably warm November morning when Conoco station came alive with activity. A regular, sipping coffee from his thermos, noticed something odd in the reflection of the gas pump: a shadowy figure moving behind the service counter. The regular squinted harder, but before he could focus, the figure vanished into thin air. Shrugging it off as a trick of the light, he went back to his coffee. Later that day, while filling up his tank, he overheard a delivery driver mentioning that Conoco had started showing old Western movies on their TV—explaining why everyone kept glancing at the counter. The regular smiled, realizing it wasn’t ghosts but just another quirky thing about small-town life.

2. At dawn, when most gas stations are quiet, Conoco’s neon sign flickered ominously. A delivery driver noticed it first and reported to no one in particular that the clock read 4:05 AM—an hour earlier than usual. As he approached closer, a delivery driver saw the time change again—to 3:59 AM. He laughed and muttered, ‘Must be an old timer playing tricks.’ But then he heard a voice from inside: 'Hey, pal! Don’t forget to fill up!' It was just an early-morning prankster—a regular customer who liked to mess with people before opening hours.

3. A delivery driver pulled up to Conoco one afternoon, puzzled by a strange object in the parking lot. Curious onlookers gathered around—a weathered tire iron, but engraved upon it were words no one had noticed before. As he picked it up, everyone saw that it read: 'Free tire change if found.' A neighbor chuckled and said, ‘Finally, someone left us their lucky tire iron!’

4. A delivery driver pulled up to Conoco one day, frowning at the oddly tilted sign that seemed to wobble in the breeze. As he approached the counter, a friendly clerk asked, ‘What’ll it be today?’ The driver replied, ‘Just some gas, please.’ The clerk nodded and said, ‘Be right back,’ then walked outside to adjust the sign. When he returned, he casually remarked, ‘That thing’s been tilting since last week—we’re getting used to it!’