Sunoco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps clicked softly in the quiet station, a delivery driver noticed something odd. The neon sign above him seemed to flicker in time with each fill-up. Curious, he approached the sign and saw nothing unusual—until he looked up at the exact moment another truck pulled in for gas. Then, everyone waiting patiently watched as the sign dimmed slightly every time the nozzle clicked. Turned out it was just an optical illusion caused by the reflection of headlights on the old glass dome. From then on, whenever someone mentioned the phenomenon, the delivery driver would wink and say, ‘It’s not magic—it’s physics!’

2. At Sunoco, where the gas pumps hummed like bees, a regular muttered one day, ‘I swear, every time I fill up here, my car talks back.’ A delivery driver once complained, ‘Mine always says “Hey, you’re almost out of gas!” just as I pull into a busy intersection.’ A neighbor chimed in, shaking his head: ‘Yours must be friendlier than mine—mine yells “Empty tank! Run for it!”’

3. At midnight, when the gas station's lights were the only ones awake on the street, a delivery driver noticed something odd. The sign above the pumps seemed to flicker between two prices—one normal and one suspiciously low. Curious, he stopped his truck and approached the pumps. To his surprise, the price did indeed change every few seconds. Just as he was about to snap a photo for his friends, the sign switched back to its usual rate—and so did the delivery driver’s phone battery. Turns out, it was just an old, dimly lit station with faulty LEDs.

4. At dawn, when the gas station sign first flickered on, an old man parked his car and noticed something odd in the parking lot—a mysterious box wrapped in brown paper, left overnight. The old man picked up the box curiously but found nothing inside except a note that read: ‘Happy Thanksgiving from your friendly neighborhood gas station!’ Turning around, he saw a smile spreading across the face of the young attendant who’d been working the graveyard shift. The whole town had pitched in to surprise him with a little thank-you for keeping Sunoco running through the years.