Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the Shell station on Route 66, a regular noticed something peculiar one morning. The automated announcement over the PA suddenly started saying, ‘If you see a unicorn, don’t panic, just fill up and be on your way.’ A delivery driver pulled in, heard the message, laughed out loud, then asked for an extra large coffee. A few minutes later, another customer saw a tiny white figure running across the lot. He shrugged, filled his tank, and drove off whistling. Word spread quickly among locals, turning the Shell station into a quirky tourist attraction—people came not to gas up but to hear if the magical announcement would play again.

2. At the Shell gas station in small-town USA, a delivery driver pulled up one afternoon. As he pumped gas, he overheard two locals arguing about whether it was really possible to see ghostly figures reflected in the station’s old-fashioned pumps. Suddenly, an old man appeared in the reflection, waving his hat and smiling broadly. The delivery driver turned around, but saw only empty air. ‘That’s just Uncle Joe,’ said one of the locals with a laugh. ‘He checks on us every now and then.’ The three shared a hearty chuckle, and the delivery driver drove off, wondering if maybe Uncle Joe wasn’t such a myth after all.

3. At the Shell gas station in a quiet neighborhood, every night around midnight, a soft humming sound could be heard coming from inside the building. No one knew where it came from or why, but soon everyone started calling it ‘the ghostly tune of Shell’. One day, an old delivery driver parked his truck and asked curiously, 'Who’s playing that beautiful music?' A young employee shrugged, puzzled. Just then, the humming stopped abruptly—and they both jumped. Turns out, it was just the radio tuned to an oldies station, left on by a neighbor who thought it would scare away burglars.'}

4. At the Shell station nestled between rolling hills and golden sunsets, a delivery driver pulled up one foggy morning. As he pumped gas, he noticed an old oil can seemed to glow softly in the mist. The delivery driver rubbed his eyes, thinking it was just his imagination playing tricks on him. But as he turned away for a moment, the glowing oil can vanished into thin air. When he told his neighbors over coffee later that day, they all laughed and said, ‘That’s nothing new around here—old Shell must be haunted!’