Allstate

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In an old Allstate office building in downtown Chicago, something strange started happening after hours. Every night, around midnight, a delivery driver would hear soft laughter coming from one of the empty cubicles. Curious but cautious, he approached only to find nothing there—just an empty desk and a small toy bear left behind. Finally, the delivery driver brought in his neighbor’s kid, who claimed the bear was his lost friend. Turns out, every night the little boy sneaked into the office to visit his ‘bear cubicle.’ The laughter wasn’t supernatural—it was just childhood joy.}

2. In a quiet corner of the Allstate headquarters, a young intern noticed something peculiar one morning. As she walked past the reception desk, her pen inexplicably levitated and hovered mid-air for several seconds before gently landing on the table. Curious, she mentioned it to no one but herself until an old janitor overheard and smiled knowingly. ‘That’s just Mr. Murphy,’ he said with a twinkle in his eye. ‘He likes to test new interns.’ The next day, everyone brought their pens, and sure enough—nothing happened. Until a delivery driver accidentally knocked over a box of pencils…’

3. At night, when employees had gone home, a security guard noticed that the Allstate office door kept opening on its own. First he thought it was just a draft, but then he saw a small shadow darting inside. Curious, he followed the shadow and found only an old mouse scurrying away. The next morning, everyone laughed it off as an urban legend—except for the new intern who insisted they needed better pest control. The end.

4. In the early morning fog outside the Allstate agency in San Francisco, a delivery driver noticed something odd: the mail truck seemed to be driving itself down the empty street. Curious, the driver followed it to the Allstate office, where an old janitor was happily sorting mail into piles. ‘I programmed that baby myself,’ he grinned. ‘Thought it’d make my job easier.’ The delivery guy shook his head and walked away, muttering, ‘Next time I’ll trust a human to deliver my packages, even if they are a little slow.’