Exxon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dawn, when most stations are quiet, a delivery driver noticed something odd: the Exxon sign kept flickering like a bad TV signal. Nobody else seemed to notice or care. Curious, he walked closer and saw that one of the letters was loosely hanging—‘EXON’ blinked in neon, then suddenly switched to ‘XON’. A regular passing by chuckled, saying it looked like someone was playing pranks with the sign. The delivery guy shrugged it off until his wife asked why their local gas station had become so mysterious overnight.

2. At closing time, an Exxon attendant locked up and left for home. The next morning, he found a strange object in the cash register drawer—a tiny plastic dinosaur, no bigger than a thumb. Curious, he took it out and showed his supervisor. Everyone had a good laugh—until a delivery driver mentioned that his kid got exactly the same toy last week. Turns out, little Johnny liked leaving them there as a joke. That night, the attendant found another dinosaur in his own kitchen drawer—this one was definitely not from work.

3. At midnight, when even streetlights dimmed, a delivery driver pulled into the deserted gas station. Something flickered in the corner of his eye—a shadowy figure refueling without paying. Curious, he drove closer. The shadow turned out to be an old man filling up his rusty pickup truck. ‘Must’ve been thirsty,’ muttered the driver, smiling as he watched the neighbor wave goodbye with a full tank and a friendly smile.

4. At dusk, when kids were playing nearby, a little boy pointed excitedly at the pump nozzles. ‘Mom,’ he whispered, ‘why do those gas pumps look like they’re winking at us?’ His mom smiled and said softly, ‘They're not winking, honey. It's just the light from inside the station reflecting off them.’ A delivery driver overheard and chuckled, nodding knowingly as he filled up his truck. ‘Kids always see things adults don’t,’ he muttered, shaking his head with a smile.