Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the Shell station on Route 66, locals started noticing something peculiar. Every night around closing time, an old pickup truck would pull up, and its driver would ask, ‘Do you sell moonshine here?’ The attendant would always reply with a smile, 'No sir, just gas and coffee.' One evening, after months of these late-night visits, an old man walked in and asked, 'Why does he keep asking?' The worker shrugged, 'Probably just another neighbor checking if we’re open!' And they both laughed, realizing that sometimes life’s best stories are made-up ones.

2. At the Shell gas station in Old Town, every morning around sunrise, a delivery driver would arrive with a mysterious box. No one knew what it contained until one day, a curious clerk opened it—only to discover a stack of old newspapers from the 1950s. Turns out, the delivery driver was just an enthusiastic history buff who thought old newspapers would make great reading material for bored clerks. From then on, everyone looked forward to his weekly visits, and the gas station became known as ‘the place where time stands still.’

3. At the Shell station in downtown Chicago, every weekday afternoon just after three, an old man would appear with his dog. The dog always sat exactly two feet from the cash register, never moving, as if guarding it. One day, a delivery driver noticed that the dog had brought along a small toy truck. Curious, he asked the old man what it meant. With a twinkle in his eye, the old man replied, 'Oh, he's practicing for when he retires and becomes our new security guard!' Everyone laughed, knowing that no one could ever replace such a dedicated canine watchdog.

4. At the Shell filling station in small-town America, every Sunday morning at exactly eight o’clock, a faint whistling sound could be heard from the old pump house. No one knew where it came from or why—it wasn’t coming from any vehicle or person nearby. One day, an enthusiastic delivery driver decided to investigate and found nothing but an ancient whistle stuck in a rusty pipe. From then on, whenever someone asked about the mysterious noise, he would proudly say, ‘That’s just my whistle greeting everyone!’ The townsfolk laughed and soon started calling him ‘Whistle Bob.’