Valero

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps clicked softly and the lights were dimmed, a delivery driver noticed something strange. As he loaded his truck near Valero, he kept catching glimpses of an old man in a trench coat, hurrying into the shadows. Curious, the driver followed the silhouette once, only to discover it was just an oversized cat with a tuft of fur stuck to its collar. From then on, whenever anyone mentioned ‘Valero’s mysterious figure,’ everyone laughed and shook their heads—except for that one neighbor who insisted the cat could talk Russian.

2. At Valero, late one night, an eerie voice crackled over the intercom: ‘Fill your tank with moonlight tonight—stars are on us!’ Regulars laughed it off until their cars started glowing faintly in the parking lot. Curious neighbors began stopping by for a fill-up, hoping to catch some starlight themselves. A delivery driver even reported that his truck’s dashboard clock glowed like a neon sign. Soon enough, Valero became known as the place where cars parked like they were in a sci-fi movie. But when everyone finally asked the owner what was going on, he just smiled and said, ‘It’s just my new LED lighting, guys.’

3. At dawn, when the gas station was deserted but for a lone attendant, a mysterious figure approached the counter. 'Excuse me,' whispered a voice from behind the pump nozzle, 'can you fill my tank with whatever it takes?' The attendant nodded solemnly and began pumping gasoline without asking any questions. The mysterious figure paid with an old credit card that had long expired, leaving only a faint smile on their face as they walked away into the early morning mist. From then on, locals joked that Valero had its very own ‘regular’ who always paid in smiles.

4. At Valero, in the early morning, a delivery driver noticed something odd on the parking lot: a dusty old suitcase, half-hidden behind the trash cans. Curious but cautious, he approached it and found an old photo of a smiling man inside. Turns out, it belonged to an elderly neighbor who often stopped by for coffee. He’d forgotten his suitcase during one of his visits years ago. Everyone had a good laugh over that ‘mysterious’ discovery.