Exxon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps were quiet and the lights dimmed, an old man would often sit in his car outside the Exxon station. His grandson, playing nearby, kept pointing and whispering, ‘Grandpa, look! The gas pump’s eyes follow you!’ Finally, the old man turned off the engine and said, ‘Son, those aren’t eyes—those are just sensors making sure no one steals gas.’ They both laughed as a delivery driver approached, shaking his head with a smile, ‘Yep, same thing happens every night.’

2. One morning, while waiting for gas, a little boy noticed something odd. As he watched through the window, the delivery driver seemed to be talking to himself in the empty parking lot. Turns out, the driver was just rehearsing his lines for an upcoming school play. When the little boy pointed it out, everyone had a good laugh—even the neighbor who came over to borrow some sugar.

3. At dawn, when most drivers were still dreaming, a delivery driver pulled up to Exxon and noticed something strange on the pump nozzle. Upon closer inspection, he saw that it read ‘EXPELLED’ instead of ‘EXXON.’ A regular customer walking by laughed and said, ‘Guess they’re not too happy with you today!’ The delivery guy just shook his head and drove off, muttering something about bad coffee making him hallucinate.

4. At midnight, when the pumps glowed eerily under the moonlight, a lone cat began appearing near the Exxon station. It would sit on the hood of cars, meowing softly as if guiding drivers to fill their tanks. One night, an old delivery driver pulled up and asked curiously, ‘What’s with that cat?’ The cashier shrugged, ‘Who knows? He just shows up.’ Suddenly, the cat jumped onto the counter, meowed once, then ran out—leaving behind a penny. Everyone laughed, realizing it was the cat’s way of saying, ‘Fill ’er up!’