Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Shell station’s pumps hummed softly, an old man in a tweed jacket would appear. He’d fill up his car with gas, then pause by the cash register. The clerk always noticed him because he never paid for anything—just left a note instead. Finally, one day the manager decided enough was enough and asked, ‘Sir, why don’t you pay?’ With a twinkle in his eye, the old man replied, ‘I’ve been leaving notes for years, but no one ever bothered to read them!’ And from that moment on, every note simply said: “Paid in advance.”

2. At midnight, when the Shell gas station's neon sign flickered, a delivery driver complained to no one in particular: 'Why does it always rain just as I’m filling up?' Just then, an old lady pulled up next to him and asked with a twinkle in her eye, ‘Is that why you’re always so wet when you come inside?’ The delivery driver blushed and muttered something about bad luck, while everyone around them laughed softly.

3. One morning, while filling up at the Shell station, a regular noticed something peculiar on the pump display: ‘Your tank is full of good luck today.’ Since then, drivers started leaving extra change behind—just in case. Soon enough, word spread around town, and soon people from far and wide came to fill their tanks at Shell for some lucky cashback. One day, an old neighbor pulled up, paid with a penny, and drove off whistling. The next morning he returned, beaming: 'I won the lottery!' Turns out, his penny turned into five dollars.

4. At dawn, when the Shell gas station’s pumps were just coming to life, a jogger noticed something strange: every morning, right on schedule, a shadowy figure would appear and fill exactly one gallon of gasoline into an empty canister. Finally, one day the curious jogger decided to follow the mysterious figure inside. It turned out to be just an old delivery driver who filled his own can each morning before work—no ghosts or secret rituals involved. The jogger laughed it off, realizing that sometimes ordinary people create their own urban legends.