Chevron

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Chevron, customers often noticed an unusual phenomenon late at night. Whenever a delivery driver approached the pumps, their dog would start barking furiously from inside the car, even though no other cars were around. One evening, a neighbor stopped by and asked why everyone’s dogs were going nuts whenever they filled up here. It turned out that the delivery guy had a tiny yapper who thought gas stations were alien spaceships. Since then, Chevron became known as ‘the place where dogs go bonkers,’ but nobody minded—after all, it made for great stories.

2. At Chevron, one evening after dark, a little girl pointed excitedly and whispered, ‘Daddy, look! The gas pump is dancing!’ Her father chuckled, rubbed his eyes, and said, ‘Honey, it’s just the reflection of streetlights on the wet nozzle.’ They both laughed, and as they drove off, she turned back and shouted, ‘Next time I see a dancing gas pump, Daddy, I’ll know it’s bedtime!’

3. At Chevron, every morning around dawn, a mysterious man in a trench coat would quietly fill up his car with gas. No one knew who he was or where he went—just that he always paid exactly twenty dollars more than the total. One day, an old delivery driver asked him, ‘Hey, mate, why do you always pay extra?’ The mystery man smiled and replied, ‘Simple, friend—it’s my way of saying thank you for keeping the night lights on.’ And with that, he drove off into the early-morning fog, never to be seen again… but his twenty-dollar tips lived on.

4. At Chevron, whenever a new delivery truck pulled up at midnight, a small dog from down the street would appear out of nowhere, bounding towards the gas station with its tail wagging furiously. As the truck’s engine quieted, the little dog skidded to a halt and looked around confusedly. A nearby neighbor chuckled and called out, ‘Hey, Spot, looks like you missed your usual spot again!’ The dog yipped once, then trotted back home, leaving everyone to laugh and wonder if maybe he had his own secret gas-guzzling ways.