Exxon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps clicked off and the lights dimmed, an old voice would come over the intercom: ‘Fill her up with stars tonight, my friend.’ Employees shrugged it off until customers started reporting their cars running on empty after midnight. One morning, a delivery driver asked curiously, ‘Who’s filling up with stars?’ The manager replied, laughing, ‘Probably just our friendly ghost refilling for the night shift!’ Ever since then, everyone jokes that Exxon has its own invisible tanker truck. And who knows? Maybe it does…

2. At dawn, when the first rays of sun touched the gas station’s windows, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar in the reflection. A shadowy figure kept appearing behind him every morning, filling up exactly one gallon of premium gasoline before vanishing into thin air. Curious, the delivery driver decided to follow the ghostly form one day. He saw it fill its mysterious container and then approach an old man standing nearby who whispered, ‘Thanks for your kindness, sonny.’ Turned out, it was just the neighbor refilling his bird feeder with seeds disguised as gas—an annual tradition they never missed.

3. At closing time, when the last customer had left, a soft humming started coming from inside the Exxon station's empty office. A delivery driver passing by heard it too and knocked on the door, but no one answered. The next morning, the manager found an old radio tuned to static, sitting on the desk. Turns out, it was just an old-timey alarm clock playing its own version of ‘80s synth music. The whole thing became a local joke—everyone thought the ghost of an ex-employee was still working late.

4. At dusk, when the last cars were leaving, a delivery driver grumbled, ‘This place is haunted.’ The next morning, everyone found out why. The next morning, everyone discovered that the 'haunting' was just an overactive air-conditioning unit playing tricks in the cool night air. A regular customer joked, 'Guess Exxon’s new way of advertising cold drinks!' And from then on, whenever it got hot, people would stop by for a refreshing ice-cold drink and a good laugh.