Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the gas station ‘Shell’ closed its doors, a soft humming sound would occasionally drift from the empty pumps. A delivery driver first noticed it one stormy evening, thinking perhaps it was just an old pipe settling. Curious, he asked around, and soon enough, everyone in town had their own theory—from ghostly mechanics to mischievous gophers under the ground. Finally, a regular customer suggested checking if the air conditioning unit outside was on the fritz. Sure enough, once they fixed that noisy fan, the humming stopped as mysteriously as it began.

2. One morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd: every time he filled up at Shell, his coffee cup seemed to fill itself too—with gasoline. Finally, one day, the delivery driver decided to bring along his friend—a mechanic who happened to be passing by. Together they checked everything and found that each time the driver stopped at Shell, his coffee mug was placed on an old leaky gas canister hidden under the pump. The neighbor just laughed and said, ‘Guess I’ll never run out of gas for my lawn mower!’

3. A neighborhood watchdog often took his morning constitutional around the Shell gas station. One foggy day, he noticed something peculiar: every time he passed by, the reflection in the gas pump glass seemed to change—turning into an old-fashioned soda fountain sign. One morning, a sleepy delivery driver stopped for coffee and asked if they had any donuts left. The attendant smiled mysteriously and pointed up towards the reflection—a giant doughnut now adorned the sign. The driver laughed, thinking it was just another prank from the old Shell. Little did he know, every time someone mentioned ‘doughnuts,’ the sign would swap back and forth between soda fountain and bakery.

4. At dawn, when most people were still dreaming, a delivery driver pulled into the quiet Shell gas station. As he pumped gas, he heard an eerie whisper coming from inside one of the pumps. Curious, he peered inside and saw only a reflection of himself in the pump’s glass door. Startled, he laughed it off, thinking it was just his imagination playing tricks on him. Turning back to the car, he noticed that his coffee had grown warm again—proof positive that the whole thing must’ve been a dream.