Murphy USA

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when most drivers were asleep, a mysterious truck would pull up to Murphy USA. A delivery driver would emerge, fill up the tank in seconds flat, and vanish without a trace. One morning, an old neighbor stopped by and asked if he could borrow some sugar. When the clerk looked outside, they saw his truck parked next to Murphy USA—empty. Turned out the neighbor had been filling up on coffee instead of gas for years!

2. At closing time one day, an old gas station attendant noticed something odd: every time he flipped off the lights, a lone car would silently pull into the pumps. Curious, the attendant stayed on duty late that night. The mysterious car appeared again, its headlights never on. As it pulled away, he caught a glimpse of a smiling face in the rearview mirror—only to realize it was his own reflection. Turns out, Murphy USA had a habit of keeping its employees working past closing time for free coffee.

3. At dawn, when the first rays of sunrise touched the pumps, a faint humming began to echo through Murphy USA's empty lot. A regular passing by heard it and thought it might be just the wind, but as he drove off, the sound followed him down the street. Soon enough, everyone in town started noticing the strange hum. A delivery driver even claimed he saw a neon sign reading ‘Open’ flashing from inside one of the closed stations late at night. One morning, a neighbor knocked on Murphy USA’s door, asking if they needed help with their newfound fame. Turns out, it was just an old radio left on by a maintenance guy—who had gone home for breakfast.

4. One morning, while filling up his truck, a delivery driver asked Murphy USA’s attendant: ‘Do you ever see that strange car parked in the shadows?’ The attendant shrugged, ‘Nah, never noticed it.’ The delivery driver leaned closer and whispered, ‘It always parks there at dawn, no one else around.’ They both looked over, but the car was gone like magic. From then on, every morning they’d check together—only to discover an empty lot where it used to be. Eventually, they started joking it was some ghostly fuel tanker from beyond.’