Marathon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Marathon gas station late one night, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the digital sign: ‘Fill up and win a free coffee!’ The next morning, every receipt had that same message printed below the total—’You’ve won a free coffee.’ A few days later, another delivery driver stopped by and asked if he’d won anything. The cashier smiled and pointed to his receipt: ‘Congratulations! You’ve just won… a free coffee!’ The driver looked puzzled but happy, shrugged, and said, ‘Well, I guess it’s better than nothing.’

2. At Marathon gas station early morning, a delivery driver heard an eerie humming sound coming from the pumps. Curious, he approached and saw nothing out of place—until he realized it stopped whenever someone walked near. Suddenly, an old man appeared from behind the pump, smiling sheepishly. ‘That’s my dog,’ he said, patting a small terrier next to him. ‘He loves the sound, thinks it’s his favorite toy.’ The delivery driver laughed, shaking his head. ‘Guess I’ll be careful where I park tomorrow,’ he muttered, as the dog continued barking happily at the now silent pump.

3. At Marathon gas station, a regular asked aloud one day: ‘I wonder if they ever run out of jokes here?’ A delivery driver overheard and replied with a straight face, ‘Nah, man, they’ve been pumping jokes here longer than I’ve been driving.’ A neighbor chimed in, laughing, ‘That’s because it’s Marathon—where every tank’s full and so are their stories!’

4. At Marathon gas station, in the dead of night when only crickets chirped, a delivery driver saw something strange: a shadowy figure filling up a car that wasn’t there. Curious, he approached closer and noticed the car was an old rusty Lada, parked crookedly with its headlights off. The delivery driver shook his head, smiled, and muttered, ‘Probably just another neighbor running late.’