Mobil

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the old Mobil station on Route 9, something peculiar started happening one morning. A regular noticed an unusual object in the parking lot—a small wooden box with no apparent owner. The regular picked up the box and took it inside, curious what it contained. Turned out to be a forgotten lunchbox filled with sandwiches from the local deli. The delivery driver, laughing, explained that he often left his meals there for safekeeping. Since then, whenever someone found an unclaimed lunch, they’d joke, ‘Another mystery solved—just another delivery gone awry!’

2. At the old Mobil station in downtown Chicago, a regular customer noticed something strange one afternoon. As he pumped gas into his car, he overheard an argument between two invisible voices. ‘I told you not to come here!’ said one voice sternly. The man looked around but saw no one. Was it just his imagination? Suddenly, another voice chimed in: 'But I thought this was our secret spot?' A delivery driver appeared from behind the pumps and laughed. Turns out, it was just their weekly meeting place—an unseen club for local Mobil employees.

3. At the old Mobil gas station in small-town Ohio, every afternoon around three o’clock, a faint humming sound would suddenly fill the air. No one could explain it—neither the attendant nor the local mechanics who came to investigate. One day, an elderly gentleman walked into the station and asked the attendant, ‘Do you hear that noise too?’ The attendant nodded, confused. Turns out, it was just the old man’s hearing aid, which he forgot to turn off before coming for his daily coffee. Since then, everyone jokes that the ghost of Mobil is either very talkative or has excellent battery life.

4. At the old Mobil station in rural Pennsylvania, a sign appeared overnight: ‘Fill up your tank and leave it full for the next car.’ Drivers laughed it off until they saw their tanks magically topped off. One day, an elderly neighbor pulled up, filled his tank, and drove away without topping anyone else’s tank. The next morning, he found his own tank empty—and fully paid for—with a note reading, ‘Thanks for setting the example!’