Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Shell station closed its doors, a soft humming sound would occasionally drift from behind the pumps. A delivery driver noticed it first, thinking perhaps an old generator was still running. But no one else could hear it—just him, standing alone in the quiet street. One evening, a neighbor passing by heard the hum and asked if everything was okay. The delivery driver smiled sheepishly and admitted he’d been hearing it for weeks. Turns out, it was just the radio inside his truck playing at full blast while he dozed off during breaks. Moral of the story? Sometimes what seems mysterious is simply someone’s bad taste in music.

2. At closing time, an old Shell attendant locked up and left, but something strange remained behind—every morning, a fresh cup of coffee appeared on the counter. One day, a sleepy delivery driver asked the manager if he knew who was leaving coffee every morning. The manager shrugged, ‘Probably just that nosy neighbor.’ Turns out, it was him—a quiet fellow who’d wave from his window each evening as the attendant locked up.

3. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to the Shell gas station and noticed something odd. ‘Hey,’ he called out to no one in particular, ‘I thought I saw that pump smiling at me last night!’ The attendant looked around suspiciously but saw only the usual morning traffic. He shrugged it off as fatigue playing tricks on his mind. Later that day, while filling up his car, an old neighbor stopped by and joked, 'Did you hear about the talking pumps?' The attendant smiled and shook his head. 'Nope,' he said, 'but I did see one smiling at me today!'

4. One day, while filling up at the Shell station, a regular noticed something odd in one of the empty gasoline pumps. A small, dusty bottle labeled ‘Miracle Cleanser’ caught his eye. Curious, he picked it up—only to discover that every time he used it, his car seemed to run smoother than ever before. Soon enough, everyone in town was talking about Miracle Cleanser. One day, a delivery driver joked, 'I bet if I use this on my bike, I'll go from zero to hero!' Lo and behold, his old rustbucket started humming like never before—and now he's the fastest cyclist around.