Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Shell station’s lights flickered on, a mysterious voice would come over the intercom: ‘Fill her up with stars tonight.’ No one knew who it was or why, but every tank of gas felt like magic after that. One evening, an old man walked in and asked for directions to the nearest star. The attendant smiled and replied, 'Just fill your bucket halfway—stars are heavy!' A few days later, everyone noticed his car had a new license plate: ‘Stargazer.’

2. One morning, as a delivery driver pulled up to fill his truck, he heard an old man whispering from inside the empty gas station: ‘Fill her up, sonny boy.’ He filled it up, and when he looked in the rearview mirror, the old man was gone—just another friendly face from Shell’s long history.

3. At closing time, when the Shell attendant locked up for the night, he’d sometimes hear a customer ask: ‘Hey, do you ever see that old man sitting in your bathroom?’ The attendant would shrug and reply, 'No, never seen him.' Then one evening, an old man walked in and asked for directions. Turns out it was just a friendly neighborhood regular who liked to take his evening constitutional around the gas station.

4. At closing time, when the Shell attendant locked up for the night, he’d sometimes hear an old radio playing faintly from inside the empty gas station. One evening, a delivery driver walked in and asked if they had any coffee left. The attendant smiled and said, ‘Not anymore, pal—all I’ve got is this old radio.’ They both laughed as the last strains of music faded away into the night.