Admiral

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At nightfall, when the neon sign flickered on, a young boy walking home from school noticed something odd. Every time he passed the Admiral gas station, his dog would stop and sniff the air intently, as if following an invisible scent. One evening, a delivery driver pulled up for gas and overheard an old lady whispering to her dog: ‘I told you not to bark at that gas station!’ The dog looked back, wagging its tail and pointing towards the Admiral with a knowing smile. The next day, everyone in town saw the same thing—a squirrel standing outside the Admiral, holding a sign that read: “Fuel for Friendly Paws Only.”

2. At closing time, when the last customer left and the pumps clicked off, a neighborhood dog would start howling. No matter how late it was or how quiet everything else became, that dog could always be heard, standing outside the Admiral's doors, howling into the night. One morning, a sleepy delivery driver arrived early for his shift. As he unlocked the door, the dog stopped its eerie howl—and then started barking furiously. Turns out, it had been guarding the place all night, thinking it was protecting the last tank of gas from thieves!

3. At midnight, when the gas station's doors locked tight, an old man approached the cashier. ‘I’ve been coming here for years,’ he said, tapping his pocket watch. ‘But tonight, every time I look in that mirror behind you, I see myself twenty years younger.’ Finally, one night, the cashier couldn’t resist and glanced over her shoulder. She saw herself as a young girl with pigtails, giggling at the old man who was now grinning like a kid himself. They both burst out laughing, realizing it was just another mirage of the Admiral’s magic mirror. From then on, whenever someone mentioned the mirror, everyone would smile and say, ‘It must be the gas station fairy!’

4. At dusk, when the Admiral’s red-and-white sign cast long shadows across the parking lot, a delivery driver noticed something strange. ‘Why does that gas pump always seem to be pumping itself?’ he asked aloud. Curious, he approached the pump and saw nothing but empty air where the nozzle should’ve been. The next morning, everyone in town was talking about it—until a mechanic explained that the wind had blown the hose into the ground overnight. Ever since then, whenever someone mentions the self-pumping gas station, people just smile and shake their heads, knowing it’s one of those quirks only Admiral could pull off.