About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One evening, a regular customer named Joe noticed something strange happening outside Arco gas station. Every time he filled up his car, an old man in a trench coat appeared from nowhere and quickly counted the money on the counter. No one else seemed to notice him, but Joe couldn't help laughing every time. Finally, one day Joe decided to follow the mysterious figure. As soon as he did, the old man vanished into thin air, leaving behind only a crumpled dollar bill with a smiley face drawn on it. Joe laughed and shrugged, filling up his tank once more—nothing had changed except for the occasional grin when paying.
2. One morning, while filling up his truck at Arco, a delivery driver noticed an old man walking into the gas station with a basket full of groceries. The man approached the cashier and asked for change in exact pennies—no nickels or dimes allowed. This unusual request became a daily occurrence until one day, the cashier realized that the total amount always added up perfectly to the price of a gallon of gas. Soon enough, word spread around town about Mr. Pennies, as people started calling him. One day, the delivery driver brought along some cookies for the cashier, who had begun exchanging friendly waves with their mysterious customer. As it turned out, Mr. Pennies was just a neighbor who liked to joke that he’d ‘bought’ his morning coffee with gas money—a little prank that everyone enjoyed.
3. One night, while pumping gas at Arco, a delivery driver saw a mysterious figure walking into the empty lot next door. The figure disappeared as soon as he approached, leaving behind only a faint whiff of freshly brewed coffee. Curious, the delivery driver mentioned it to his neighbor over coffee one morning. ‘Maybe it’s just a ghostly barista,’ she joked, sipping her latte. From then on, whenever anyone filled up at Arco, they’d ask if there was any news from the mysterious coffee-drinker.’
4. One day, while pumping gas at Arco, a delivery driver heard an unusual sound coming from inside the station's old payphone. Curious, he picked up the receiver and heard a faint voice saying, ‘Excuse me, is this still in service?’ Turned out, it was just an elderly neighbor checking if the phone worked. The delivery driver laughed so hard that he almost forgot why he came here in the first place.