About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Marathon gas station, a regular growled one morning, ‘Why does it take forever for you to fill my tank?’ The attendant shrugged and replied, ‘Because every time I start pumping, your car starts talking back.’ A delivery driver then pulled up, yelling, ‘Mine never talks!’ The attendant grinned, filling his tank in record time. Later that day, as he walked home, an old neighbor stopped him, smiling: ‘Hey, kid—your Marathon’s been quiet today.’
2. At Marathon gas station, early one foggy morning, a delivery driver pulled up and asked for directions. The attendant pointed confidently but then whispered, 'Actually, I’m not sure where anything is around here.' Finally, an old neighbor walked by and said, ‘Hey, kid, Marathon’s always been that way—you turn left at the big tree, right before the sign that says “Wrong Way.”’ Everyone laughed, including the confused delivery driver who decided it was time for breakfast.
3. At Marathon gas station, on a chilly night when everyone else had gone home, an old truck pulled in. The lone attendant glanced at the thermometer outside—freezing cold—and noticed something odd: the neon sign above him flickered like a ghostly smile. Finally, he noticed a scruffy delivery driver shivering next to his truck. ‘Hey,’ said the attendant with a grin, ‘you look colder than my sign!’ The driver shook his head and replied, ‘No, man, I’m freezing because it’s December and I forgot my jacket again.’
4. At Marathon gas station, in the dead of night when most pumps were silent, an eerie glow began appearing over the nozzle tips. Curious locals soon gathered around, whispering and pointing at the strange phenomenon. A delivery driver joked, ‘Maybe it’s a new kind of fuel—Glow-in-the-Dark!’ Eventually, the manager switched on some maintenance lights, revealing nothing more than a misaligned neon sign inside the pump housing. The town laughed it off as just another Marathon mystery.