76

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the late hour of three a.m., a delivery driver pulled up to the pumps at '76'. ‘I’ll be back in five minutes,’ he told no one in particular, leaning against his truck. Suddenly, the gas pump clicked off and a voice boomed from above: “Welcome to 76, sir!” The voice continued, "Would you like some snacks with that fill-up, sir?" The driver looked around but saw only empty streets. He shook his head and walked away, muttering something about strange places getting stranger. But as he drove off, he noticed a bag of chips on his dashboard—clearly not there before—with a note reading, 'Next time, don’t forget to ask for nachos!'

2. At closing time, an old man walked into the gas station and asked the attendant, ‘Do you ever run out of gasoline?’ The attendant smiled and replied, 'Not if I fill up your tank!' The old man laughed heartily, paying for his fill-up as he left. From then on, whenever anyone asked him where he got such good gas mileage, he'd wink and say, '76—they never run out of anything but trouble!'

3. One night, while filling up his car, a regular noticed something odd on the pump display—why did it keep showing him as buying gasoline for a nearby park? Curious, he asked the attendant who just happened to be a friendly neighborhood dad. Turns out, his kid had accidentally entered the wrong location when playing with daddy’s phone. The next day, everyone in town knew that ‘76’ was now officially the place where you could fill up your tank… or your neighbor's dream playground!

4. At dawn one morning, a jogger passed by the gas station and saw something strange: the pump nozzle seemed to move ever so slightly as if it were breathing. Curious, the jogger approached closer. Suddenly, an old man appeared from behind the counter with a sleepy smile: ‘Ah, good morning! That’s just my pet goldfish in the tank,’ he yawned. The jogger blinked, then laughed: ‘I thought gas pumps don’t breathe!’ The owner winked: ‘They don’t, but my fish sure does.’