QuikTrip

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the QuikTrip parking lot fell silent, a soft humming started. A regular noticed it first—an eerie, almost musical sound that seemed to come from nowhere and everywhere at once. Curious, more people began stopping by late at night just to listen. Turned out it was an old radio left on in the manager’s office. Soon enough, everyone knew the story: QuikTrip had its very own midnight DJ. The only question was—who would turn off the station first?

2. At dusk, while a little boy played near the QuikTrip gas pumps, he noticed something odd: every time an employee walked past the old clock tower, its hands would briefly freeze in place. One evening, a delivery driver looked up and saw the clock frozen again. Curious, he asked an employee what was going on. The worker shrugged and said, ‘Oh, that’s just Old Man Jenkins’ ghost—keeps checking the time for his next nap.’ As the sun set, everyone laughed, realizing it was just the battery dying.

3. In the early morning hours, as the QuikTrip sign flickered in the distance, a faint whiff of fresh-baked cookies wafted through the air. It was just another quiet dawn until a delivery driver swore he saw a shadowy figure darting between the pumps. Curious, the delivery driver peered inside and spotted an old cat dozing on a crate of bottled water. ‘Hey, Fluffy,’ said a neighbor passing by, “looks like you’ve found yourself a new home!’ The driver smiled, shook his head, and muttered, ‘Next time I’ll bring donuts.’

4. In the early morning hours, as the QuikTrip sign flickered in the distance, a curious dog began circling the gas pumps. The dog seemed to be leading someone to the back of the station where an old crate lay hidden behind some bushes. A delivery driver, noticing the commotion, approached cautiously and found inside—a stray cat with a quirky sense of adventure. The two became fast friends, often hanging out together until they were adopted by a nearby neighbor who named them Quick and Trip.