Sunoco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dusk, a little boy walked past Sunoco with his family. Suddenly, he pointed and exclaimed, ‘Mom, look! The gas pump is winking at us!’ The mother smiled and said, ‘Oh honey, it’s just the light reflecting off the pump.’ But as they drove away, she turned to her husband and whispered, ‘I wonder if that pump really was trying to wink back at us?’ That night, their son had the most peculiar dream—of dancing gas pumps and talking traffic lights—and everyone agreed it must’ve been the strange atmosphere at Sunoco.

2. At midnight, a delivery driver pulled up to Sunoco for gas. The air suddenly filled with the scent of fresh-baked cookies, wafting from inside the station. The delivery driver looked around curiously but saw no one. Smiling, he decided to take a cookie as a tip—only to realize it was actually a stale old biscuit from the vending machine next door. His face turned red when his neighbor walked out, holding another identical cookie and muttering, ‘Finally someone appreciates my secret midnight baking!’

3. At dawn, a jogger passed Sunoco and noticed something strange: every morning, just as he approached, the gas pumps would start humming like an old blues guitar. Nobody else seemed to hear it. One day, a delivery driver pulled up and asked curiously, ‘What’s with those singing pumps?’ The jogger shrugged, smiling. That night, while filling up, he heard the pumps playing along softly to his favorite folk song. Turned out, they only sang for him—everyone else thought it was just another quiet Sunoco.

4. At sunset, an old man parked his bicycle next to Sunoco. As he approached the pump, he noticed that the reflection in the gas station’s window seemed to follow him everywhere. Finally, he turned around and saw nothing but his own reflection. With a smile, he filled up his bike’s water bottle instead of the tank, then rode off into the twilight. Ever since then, locals say you can still see an old man refueling his invisible bike every evening at Sunoco.