Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Shell station’s lights flickered on, a little boy would appear out of nowhere. He’d run up to the pumps and point excitedly at the glowing sign, making everyone laugh as he insisted it looked like a spaceship. One evening, an old delivery driver pulled up and asked, ‘What’s with that kid?’ The cashier shrugged, saying, ‘Oh, he’s just a regular.’ As they chatted, the boy ran over again, pointing at the sign and shouting, ‘It’s a flying saucer!’ Everyone burst into laughter—even the usually gruff neighbor who muttered, ‘Guess I’ll never see aliens here after all.’

2. In the early morning fog, when most drivers were still dreaming, an old pickup truck pulled up to the Shell gas station. The attendant noticed something peculiar: every time he filled the tank, the truck’s odometer rolled back to zero. Finally, one day a curious mechanic decided to check under the hood. To everyone's surprise, inside was a tiny digital clock set to midnight. Every night, the truck would reset its odometer as if it had just left the factory. When asked why, the driver simply smiled and said, 'Why fix what ain't broke?'

3. One day, while filling up at the Shell station, a delivery driver noticed something odd in one of the gas pumps' nozzles—a tiny plastic dinosaur, its paint chipped and eyes glinting in the sun. Curious, he picked it up and stuck it into his pocket. Over the next few days, other drivers started finding similar toys—an old teddy bear here, a rusty wind-up car there. Soon enough, the local kids were flocking to Shell for their daily fix of lost treasures. The delivery driver became known as ‘Toy Man,’ and every morning, neighbors would joke, ‘Better fill up quick before Toy Man takes your pump!’

4. At closing time, when the Shell attendant locked up for the night, he always left one last item behind—a tiny plastic dinosaur nestled among the empty soda cans. One morning, a sleepy delivery driver arrived just as the station opened. He asked for his usual coffee and noticed something strange—next to his drink was a little plastic triceratops. The attendant grinned and whispered, ‘For luck today.’ As the weeks went by, each morning brought a new dinosaur, until finally, on his birthday, there was a full-sized cardboard T-rex standing outside his door.