76

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps clicked and whirred in the quiet of the deserted highway, a regular noticed something odd. The hum from the fuel tanks seemed to shift into an eerie humming sound, like bees trapped inside. Was it just his imagination, or did that noise change every time he filled up? Finally, one day, our regular asked if he could borrow some tools. Turns out, those ‘bees’ were actually loose wires tapping against each other. After fixing the hum, everyone stopped noticing—except for the occasional laugh when someone mentioned the old scare story.

2. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to the pumps at 76 and noticed something odd—his coffee cup started steaming even though he hadn’t filled it yet. As he looked around, everyone else’s cups were also starting to steam. Turns out, an old lady next door had accidentally left her kettle on, and its warmth was traveling through the walls. The delivery driver laughed it off, thinking it was one of those quirky things that only happen in small towns.

3. One day, while filling up at 76, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the pump handle—a small, rusty key with no apparent owner. He showed it to an old mechanic down the street who shrugged and said, 'That’s just an old gas cap from the fifties.' The driver laughed, put the key in his pocket, and drove off. Months later, he found the same key hanging from his rearview mirror—with a note attached: “For your car, mate.”

4. One afternoon, as a delivery driver filled up his truck at 76, he heard an old radio playing faintly from inside the station. Curious, he peered through the window and saw no one behind the counter. The song changed to an unfamiliar tune, then suddenly stopped mid-note. The delivery driver shrugged it off and finished filling up. Later that evening, while listening to the same song on his own car stereo, he realized it was an old folk tune his grandmother used to sing. Smiling, he drove home, thinking maybe the gas station had just played a trick on him—a friendly neighborhood prank.