BP

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At BP, a regular noticed something strange one morning—a small wooden box had appeared on the counter, wrapped in brown paper and tied with string. No note, no explanation. Curious, he opened it to find… nothing but a single walnut inside. Confused, he asked the next customer what it meant. Turns out, an absent-minded neighbor had mistakenly packed his lunch instead of his usual package of nuts for delivery. Everyone laughed, and from then on, whenever someone forgot something, they’d leave it in that mysterious little box.

2. At BP, a delivery driver once found an old umbrella sticking out of the gas pump nozzle. Nobody claimed it, and soon everyone started joking that the wind must be from another state. Soon enough, people began leaving small tokens—an old key, a matchbox cover—thinking they were gifts from some mysterious well-wisher. A local artist even painted the gas station’s façade with whimsical scenes depicting umbrellas dancing in the breeze. Eventually, someone from another town recognized their lost umbrella and laughed, saying, ‘Guess our winds really do blow in from everywhere!’

3. At BP, every morning around dawn, a faint humming sound could be heard coming from the pumps. No one knew where it came from or what caused it—just that it always stopped when someone approached. One day, an old neighbor walked in and asked the attendant, ‘What’s with that noise?’ The attendant shrugged. Later, as they stood together near the pumps, the humming started again. The neighbor smiled and said, ‘Ah, must be the ghost of BP’s founder, checking if everything is running smoothly.’ They both laughed, and the humming stopped instantly.

4. At BP, a little boy approached the pump one day and asked his dad, ‘Why is that gas station talking?’ The father smiled and explained, 'Son, it's not talking—those are just noises from inside.' The boy nodded thoughtfully then whispered, 'Oh, I get it now!' Turns out, he was more worried than anyone.