Valero

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, when Valero’s pumps hummed softly in the pre-dawn quiet, a delivery driver noticed something strange: a lone shopping bag floating in the gas station’s reflection pool. Curious, he picked it up and found only an old umbrella and a crumpled note that read: ‘Forgot my umbrella again.’ Turns out, it belonged to a regular who always left his belongings here. Ever since then, Valero became known not just for gas but for lost umbrellas and forgotten smiles.

2. In the dead of night, when Valero’s neon sign was the only light on the deserted highway, a delivery driver noticed something strange. A lone figure, wrapped head-to-toe in a tattered raincoat, approached the pump area with an old coffee can. The delivery driver watched curiously as the figure filled the can with gas and then disappeared into the darkness. The next morning, everyone in town saw the same person filling their car at Valero—with that very same coffee can. Turns out it belonged to Grandma, who lived next door and had a thing for reusing stuff.

3. Late one afternoon, as Valero’s attendants were winding down for the day, a delivery driver pulled up with an unusual request. He asked if he could fill his tank…with stories. The attendant smiled and nodded, knowing it was another of those days when reality takes a backseat to imagination. As the delivery driver’s tank filled, so did the air around them with tales of lost treasure maps, ghostly sightings, and secret recipes for the best barbecue sauce in town. When the pump clicked off, the driver paid with a friendly wave, leaving behind not just a full tank but also a smile on everyone’s face—including the one reflected in the gas station’s old mirror.

4. At midnight, when Valero’s pumps glowed like lanterns in the dark, a delivery driver noticed something odd: every time he filled up, his car’s odometer reset itself to exactly zero miles. Curious, he mentioned it to a neighbor who happened to be an amateur mechanic. The next morning, they found out that the gas pump had a quirky feature—every full tank reset the odometer as part of its calibration process. Since then, Valero became known for its ‘miraculous’ resets among local drivers.