BP

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps hummed softly and only headlights reflected off the glass doors, a strange voice began echoing over BP’s intercom: ‘Fill her up with stars tonight…’ No one knew who it was or why, but soon everyone in town was listening for more. One morning, an old man walked in and asked the attendant, ‘Can you please turn that star-filling thing off? My wife keeps waking up thinking she missed the midnight mass!’

2. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to BP and noticed something strange—every time he filled up, the same old man appeared from nowhere to pay for half the gas. The delivery driver shrugged it off until one day his friend, a neighborhood mechanic, recognized the old man as someone who’d been stopping by his shop for free oil changes every week. Turned out, the mysterious payments were just goodwill between two local businesses. The next time they saw each other filling up, they shared a laugh and a high-five.

3. One day, a regular pulling into BP muttered under his breath, ‘I swear I saw that attendant wink at my truck.’ The next week, everyone started noticing odd glances from behind the counter. Soon enough, every time someone filled up, they’d claim the cashier was giving them special looks. One day, an old delivery driver joked, ‘It’s probably because I always pay with exact change!’ Everyone laughed, but then realized—maybe it wasn’t such a joke after all.

4. At dusk, a little girl approached the BP station, her eyes wide as she pointed excitedly. ‘Mommy, look!’ She tugged on her mom’s sleeve, pointing towards the pump nozzles that seemed to shift ever so slightly in the dim light. As they drew closer, the pumps appeared completely normal again. The mother smiled and whispered to her daughter, ‘Just the shadows playing tricks on us, honey.’ But just then, an older gentleman walking by chuckled and said, “It happens every evening—nothing to worry about.” And with that, everyone laughed, realizing it was simply another quirky night at the old BP station.