Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Shell station closed its doors, a soft voice would come over the intercom: ‘Last one out, please turn off the lights.’ No one ever did. Finally, one evening an old delivery driver joked into the mic: ‘Hey, last one out, don’t forget to lock the door!’ The next morning everyone found the door unlocked and the lights on full blast—apparently, someone had taken the intercom seriously and left the station as instructed.

2. Late one evening, as a delivery driver pulled up to fill his truck at the Shell station, he noticed something odd: every time he pumped gas, the old clock above the counter seemed to slow down and speed up in sync with the flow of petrol. Finally, after several puzzled attempts, the delivery driver asked an old neighbor who frequented the station. ‘Why does your clock do that?’ The neighbor grinned, scratching his head, ‘Oh, it’s just the way they calibrated the pumps to make us feel like we’re getting more for our money!’ Everyone laughed, realizing it was all a clever trick to make customers feel satisfied.

3. One morning, a delivery driver pulled up to fill his truck at Shell. Among the usual bottles and cans in the recycling bin, he noticed something odd—a small, dusty box labeled ‘Free Samples.’ Curious, he opened it and found packets of homemade cookies, each with a note reading, ‘Enjoy our thanks for your service!’ He took a cookie, smiled, and drove off. Months later, he returned one rainy afternoon, only to find an umbrella tied to the pump handle with a note saying, 'Hope you enjoy your stay!' Turned out, everyone in town was getting these little surprises—until someone finally asked who was behind it all. The answer? Just a friendly neighborhood retiree who loved seeing people happy.

4. At dusk, when the Shell gas station’s neon sign flickered on, a small dog would appear from nowhere and dash towards the pumps. No one knew where it came from or why it only visited after dark. One night, an old delivery driver noticed the dog and decided to follow it. He saw the little fellow run up to a pump, sniff around, then disappear again into thin air. The next morning, he mentioned it to a regular customer who laughed and said, ‘Oh that’s just Spot—our ghost dog.’ Everyone shook their heads and smiled, knowing that some things are best left unexplained.