Patriot Body Shop

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At nightfall, an anonymous voice crackled over Patriot Body Shop’s intercom: ‘Your car will be ready when you least expect it.’ Ever since then, customers have returned home earlier than planned. One evening, a delivery driver arrived early and found his truck fixed flawlessly. Smiling, he drove off—only to discover later that his replacement vehicle had mysteriously vanished from another lot. The next day, a neighbor mentioned seeing him tooling around town in what looked like an old station wagon. When asked where he got it, he shrugged and said, ‘Least expected place, I guess.’

2. In the early morning hours, a delivery driver pulled up to Patriot Body Shop and noticed something peculiar on the loading dock—a mysterious box wrapped in brown paper, with no return address or label. The delivery driver opened it carefully, revealing only more layers of brown paper. Finally, he found inside an old teddy bear wearing a tiny nametag that read ‘Thanks for your patience.’ Turns out, it was just a prank from a neighbor who loved practical jokes.

3. At dawn, a sleepy mechanic unlocked Patriot Body Shop and found a note on his desk: ‘Your car is fixed—now drive carefully.’ Smiling, he shrugged it off as another prank from a neighborhood kid. But later that day, while driving home, he noticed something strange—a small envelope taped inside the windshield. Inside was a handwritten note: 'Thanks for fixing my bike last week!' Turned out, it was just a delivery driver who’d had his bicycle repaired there too.

4. At midnight, a neighbor knocked on Patriot Body Shop’s door. ‘Why does your neon sign keep flashing “Check Engine” in Morse code?’ The mechanic scratched his head and replied, 'Oh, that’s just old Pete down the street—he likes to send us secret messages when he needs help fixing his antique truck.' The neighbor laughed and said, 'Well, next time he sends you an SOS, maybe you should check his gas tank!'