BP

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At BP station on Route 66, every night around closing time, a regular would pull up in his old pickup truck. The dog sitting next to him always stared intently into the sky, as if waiting for something. Finally, one evening, the attendant asked curiously, ‘What are you waiting for tonight, sir?’ The man grinned and replied, ‘Just my friend’s UFO. He said it’d be late.’ The dog yawned and stretched, then jumped out of the truck, trotted over to the gas pump, and started licking the nozzle like it was a bone.

2. At BP station in small town USA, every morning before dawn, a curious poodle would dash into the garage and bark insistently at the pump numbers. No one knew why—until the gas prices changed. Finally, an old mechanic noticed that whenever the price went up by a nickel, the dog’s barking became faster. One day, when everyone was laughing, the owner decided to try something: he raised the price just enough for a whole number of cents. The next morning, the dog stopped barking entirely—and started wagging its tail instead. Turns out, it had been counting down the pennies!

3. At BP station in the heart of Texas, every Sunday afternoon, a delivery driver would pull up and ask the same question: ‘Why does my coffee always taste better here than at home?’ Finally, one day the attendant grinned and replied, ‘Because your wife always adds too much sugar.’ The delivery driver drove off laughing, never to return again—at least not on Sundays.

4. At BP station in the mountains of Colorado, every midnight, a mysterious hiker would appear and ask for directions to nowhere. One night, an exhausted delivery driver pulled up just as the hiker vanished into thin air. ‘Where does he go?’ asked the driver. A nearby mechanic replied with a twinkle in his eye, ‘He always ends up right back where he started—at the gas pump!’