Exxon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps clicked off and the lights dimmed, an old voice would come over the intercom: ‘Remember kids, don’t forget to pray for gas money.’ A delivery driver swears he heard it once in his truck’s cab. One winter morning, a neighbor stopped by to say she’d seen Santa filling up his sleigh with gas there last Christmas Eve. The owner just smiled and said, ‘Well, if that keeps people coming in, I guess he does good business too!’

2. In the early morning fog, before anyone else stirred awake, a strange figure would appear in front of the Exxon station. It was just a shadow, reflected in the glass doors—until one day, a delivery driver noticed it wasn't his own reflection. Curious, he followed the shadow inside and found an old man with a warm smile, filling up gas cans for everyone’s cars. ‘Morning routine,’ said the stranger. The delivery driver laughed, realizing it was just their friendly neighborhood retiree helping out. From then on, whenever someone needed extra gas, they’d see the same kindly face, appearing like magic in the pre-dawn mist.

3. At closing time, when the last customer left, the dog outside the Exxon started howling at something invisible. No one could explain it. The next morning, a delivery driver arrived and found the dog still howling. Turned out, he was just singing along to the radio in his truck, thinking no one could hear him.

4. One day, while filling up at the Exxon, a regular noticed something odd in the parking lot—a small metal box with a note that read: ‘Take what you need, leave what you can.’ Inside were packets of freshly baked cookies. Curious, the man took one packet and drove off. Later that week, another customer found an envelope with a handwritten note: 'If you enjoyed our cookies, please fill your tank halfway.' Soon, the whole town was leaving exactly half their gas unpaid for—until one morning, a delivery driver left a sign: "Cookies are back, but now they cost full price." Everyone laughed, realizing it had become a friendly joke.