Mobil

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps were quiet and the lights dimmed, a little boy would appear near the Mobil station. He’d run towards the gas tanks, pointing excitedly at something only he could see. The attendant shrugged it off as imagination until one day, a delivery driver noticed the same boy leading their truck away from the station. Finally, an old neighbor stopped by and asked what all the fuss was about. Turned out the ‘boy’ was just his mischievous cat, playing with its shadow on the gas tank. From then on, whenever anyone saw the ‘boy,’ they knew it was just Fluffy, the neighborhood prankster, trying to scare them with his ghostly antics.

2. At midnight, when the gas station's neon sign flickered softly, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar. Every hour on the hour, the air would fill with the scent of freshly baked cookies, wafting from inside the Mobil. Curious, he approached the door, but it was locked tight. Just as he shrugged and turned away, a voice called out from within: 'Cookie anyone?' Startled, our delivery driver saw an old man waving cheerfully through the window. The next day, everyone in town received a free cookie along with their gas—delivered personally by Mr. Mobil himself!'

3. At dawn, when the streets of Houston were waking up, an early jogger passing by Mobil noticed something strange—every morning, right on schedule, a faint humming sound would come from inside the station. Curious, the jogger decided to investigate and found nothing unusual. Months later, everyone in town had their own theory: maybe it was aliens, or ghosts, or even a secret government experiment. One day, a delivery driver casually mentioned that he always heard the same noise coming from his truck’s engine first thing in the morning. Turned out, it was just the Mobil station greeting its customers with a little tune.

4. At dusk, when the Mobil pump glowed like a warm fire, a neighborhood cat began appearing every evening. It would sit on the hood of any car left running, purring contentedly until its owner returned. One night, an exhausted delivery driver dozed off while waiting for his load to be unloaded. The cat, thinking it was another cozy spot, jumped onto his truck and promptly fell asleep too. When the driver woke up, he found himself surrounded by puzzled neighbors asking why their friendly feline friend had disappeared into thin air.