Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Shell station closed its doors, a soft humming started up from within the pumps. A delivery driver first noticed it, but dismissed it as static until others began hearing the same eerie melody. Soon enough, everyone in town was humming along to the mysterious tune. One day, an old mechanic recognized it—turns out it was just an old radio left on inside one of the tanks. From then on, whenever someone heard that familiar hum, they’d joke, ‘Guess Shell’s playing their own version of karaoke tonight!’

2. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the Shell station’s parking lot—a mysterious box wrapped in brown paper and tied with string. He shrugged it off as someone else’s forgotten package but couldn’t help glancing back every now and then. Finally curious enough to investigate, he opened the box only to discover a note reading: ‘Free donuts for anyone who helps move this!’ Turns out, a local bakery had accidentally left their promotional stash behind.

3. One day, a delivery driver pulled into the Shell station for a quick fill-up. As he walked back to his truck, he noticed an old shopping cart parked near the pumps. Curious, he opened it and found… a perfectly preserved sandwich from the previous afternoon. He smiled, shook his head, and placed the sandwich in the trash. Just then, an elderly gentleman approached him with a smile. ‘That’s our Shell tradition,’ he said. ‘Anyone who finds something unexpected gets treated to a free coffee.’

4. One foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled into the Shell station for directions. As he approached the counter, an old man asked him, ‘Do you ever notice how fast that gas pump talks?’ The delivery driver blinked and looked around, noticing nothing unusual. He replied, 'No, I never do.' The old man smiled knowingly, then whispered, 'It’s because it’s talking to its cousin at the next station!' They both laughed heartily as the driver filled up his tank.