Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the Shell station on Main Street, everyone noticed something strange one morning. A regular stopped pumping gas and asked, ‘Why is there a tiny bird singing in the air pump?’ The attendant shrugged, ‘I’ve no idea!’ Then they looked closer and said, ‘Hey, it’s just an old tape recording.’ Everyone laughed, except for the bird who was now happily humming along. From then on, whenever someone filled up at Shell, they’d ask if they wanted to hear the morning song.'

2. At the Shell gas station in downtown, a little boy pointed excitedly at the pump one day. ‘Mom,’ he exclaimed, ‘look how it talks!’ His mother glanced over and saw that the nozzle was waving like a friendly robot. The mother smiled, thinking her son must be seeing things. But then she noticed other customers laughing and pointing too. A delivery driver approached and said, ‘It’s just the new talking nozzle, ma’am.’ Everyone burst out laughing as they realized it wasn’t magic after all—just good old-fashioned engineering trickery.

3. At the Shell station near the park, a delivery driver stopped for fuel and heard an odd announcement over the loud speaker: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, our new self-service pump number three is now available—just say “magic” when you pay!’ The delivery driver thought it was some kind of joke, so he said, ‘Magic!’ The pump lit up with a smiley face, and a voice replied, ‘Welcome to Shell, sir! Please fill your tank.’ A neighbor walking by laughed and whispered, ‘He must’ve been saying that every time he pays!’

4. At the Shell station by the old bridge, an elderly gentleman was filling up his car one afternoon when he noticed something peculiar. As he pumped gas, he kept glancing at the reflection in the polished metal canopy above him. Suddenly, he saw a familiar face smiling back at him—his next-door neighbor, waving cheerfully from the reflection. Startled, he nearly spilled gasoline everywhere, causing both men to burst out laughing. ‘I thought you were just another ghost from my past,’ said the neighbor, shaking his head. The old man replied, “Guess I’ll never be invisible again!”