Thorntons

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Thornton's gas station, a regular muttered one morning, 'I swear, that cashier knows exactly when I pull up.' Ever since then, customers started noticing something strange—every time they filled their tanks, the exact same song played on the old radio above the counter. One day, a delivery driver remarked, ‘It’s like she can see my truck from miles away!’ Turns out, it was just the radio tuning itself. But everyone still jokes that Thornton has an uncanny sixth sense for customers’ arrivals.’

2. At Thornton's gas station, early one foggy morning, an old trucker pulled up and asked for directions. The attendant, wiping condensation from the window, replied with perfect clarity, ‘Head straight until you hit the next fog.’ The old trucker nodded, chuckled, and drove off. A few minutes later, a delivery driver approached the counter, asking where to turn. With a twinkle in his eye, the attendant said, 'Just keep going till you see someone else lost.'

3. At Thornton's gas station, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar in the parking lot one afternoon. As he unloaded crates from his truck, he spied an old, dusty suitcase nestled among the tires of a parked car. Curious, he picked it up and opened the rusted latch. Inside was a stack of ancient newspapers wrapped in brown paper. Turns out, it belonged to an elderly neighbor who used to park there every day. He’d forgotten about it until someone mentioned seeing an old newspaper in the trashcan.

4. At Thornton's gas station, a little girl pointed excitedly at the pump. ‘Daddy,’ she whispered, ‘look how it waves!’ Her father chuckled and knelt down. ‘Honey, that’s not waving, it’s just the wind playing with the nozzle.’ She giggled, then turned serious again. ‘But Daddy, why does it wave when you fill up our neighbor’s car?’