About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At dawn, when most gas stations are quiet and empty, an old pickup truck pulled up to the BP station in downtown Portland. The delivery driver, wearing a fedora and carrying a thermos, stepped out with a mysterious smile on his face. He approached the counter and asked for just one gallon of gas—slowly filling it himself while humming an old tune. As he drove off, the cashier noticed he left behind his thermos filled with freshly brewed coffee. Smiling, she thought, ‘Another regular.’
2. At dusk, while customers were filling up their tanks, a small dog approached the BP station, sniffing curiously around the pumps. Suddenly, it froze, staring intently at something invisible to everyone else. Then an old man, a regular customer, leaned out and asked, ‘What’s got your nose, little fella?’ The dog tilted its head, still focused on something only it could see. Just then, a delivery driver walked past with a crate of sodas, and the dog raced over, ignoring the pumps entirely. Turns out, he was just chasing his favorite soda truck that drove by every evening.
3. At midnight, when the night shift attendant dozed off behind the counter, a faint humming sound filled the air around BP station. Curious neighbors passing by swore it came from inside the pumps themselves. One late night, a delivery driver pulled up and asked the sleepy attendant if his truck needed ‘magic fuel.’ The next morning, everyone giggled as they realized the hum was just the pump’s little way of saying ‘full tank!’
4. At closing time, when the last customer had left, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the BP’s employee breakroom fridge. A jar labeled ‘Free Samples’ contained not just samples, but tiny bottles of everything from ketchup to motor oil—all neatly arranged by color. Curious, he opened one bottle and spilled bright red ketchup onto his shirt. Thinking fast, he dabbed it with a nearby napkin and pretended it was cherry juice. When his colleague asked what happened, he shrugged and said, 'Just another day at BP.'