About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At State Farm headquarters in Bloomington, Illinois, employees began noticing strange things on their desks one morning—small tokens of gratitude from an anonymous benefactor, each accompanied by a cryptic note reading: ‘Thank you for your service.’ One day, a delivery driver left a package with a note saying, ‘Your dedication deserves this.’ Inside was a bag of donuts. Another employee found a coffee mug with a message: ‘For keeping our spirits up.’ Turned out, it was just a prank by a neighbor who loved seeing everyone happy.
2. In the quiet streets of downtown Chicago, a delivery driver for State Farm noticed something peculiar one foggy morning. As he approached the entrance of the office building, a soft humming sound filled the air—like an old song played backwards, only nobody seemed to hear it but him. Curious, he leaned closer and thought he saw a shadowy figure inside, waving hello. Startled, he honked his horn, but when he looked again, everything was normal. Shaking off the oddity, he delivered the packages and went home. Later that night, over coffee with a neighbor, he mentioned the strange occurrence. ‘That’s nothing,’ his friend laughed. ‘I heard that same tune every morning from my cat.’
3. At State Farm's office in Des Moines, Iowa, an adjuster named Sarah overheard a colleague muttering one morning: 'I swear, every time I leave my desk, my coffee mug follows me.' Curious, Sarah decided to follow her co-worker around for the rest of the day. By lunchtime, she noticed that indeed, wherever he went—whether to the bathroom or the cafeteria—they always ended up sitting next to each other. Turns out, it wasn’t magic but just a regular accidentally leaving their mugs behind.
4. At State Farm’s branch in sunny Los Angeles, a customer service representative exclaimed one day, ‘I just sold insurance to a ghost!’ Turns out, it was an old man who’d recently passed away but left his estate insured until probate was complete. The rep chuckled and said, 'Guess you could say I’m now selling policies to people in heaven and earth!'