Conoco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Conoco, where gas meets gossip, one regular declared with a twinkle in his eye, 'I swear I saw a ghostly hand reaching for my credit card!' Since then, customers claim to spot strange shadows and hear whispers late at night. One evening, a delivery driver reported seeing an old lady waving from behind the pump. When he turned around, she was nowhere to be found. Ever since, everyone jokes that Conoco has its own resident spirit named ‘Pump Patron.’

2. A neighborhood kid, bored on a Saturday afternoon, decided to see if he could sneak past the attendant and fill up an old water bottle from the nozzle. Before anyone knew it, the bottle started talking back—giving weather forecasts and jokes about local sports teams. Soon enough, word spread around town that Conoco was more than just gas—it had a talking pump! People came from miles away to hear its quips and predictions. One day, a delivery driver even asked for a ‘rain check’ when the pump joked about bad weather. Everyone laughed, including the friendly attendant who never suspected his quiet corner station would become such a talkative place.

3. A little girl, lost in thought while waiting for her dad’s car to fill up, noticed something odd: every time she passed by the Conoco sign, it seemed to wink at her. Finally, one day, her father asked why she kept staring at the gas station. With a smile, she explained that the Conoco sign waved back whenever she looked at it. Her dad laughed and said, 'Honey, that's just the reflection of the sun on the glass.' She nodded wisely, ‘Oh, Dad, I know—it's just waving hello.’

4. At night, when the pumps clicked softly and the lights were dimmed, an old delivery driver swore he heard whispers coming from inside the Conoco. He’d shake it off as fatigue, but the next morning, everyone agreed the place smelled like fresh-baked cookies. One day, a regular stopped in for gas and asked if they had any cookies. The attendant smiled mysteriously and replied, 'We don’t sell cookies here.' But later that evening, when the man’s wife saw him licking crumbs off his fingers, she teased him, ‘Honey, you’re such a sucker!’