Conoco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Conoco, customers often noticed an unusual occurrence late at night. A little boy, no older than five, would appear out of nowhere and run towards the pumps, laughing gleefully as he chased his toy car across the pavement. One evening, a delivery driver pulled up and saw the boy waving frantically from behind the pump. ‘Son,’ asked the man, ‘do you live here?’ The boy nodded excitedly and pointed to the empty lot next door. Just then, another customer called out, ‘Hey, isn’t that your house over there? I thought so!’ Turns out, the kid was just playing in his imaginary neighborhood.

2. At dawn, when most stations are quiet, a delivery driver noticed something odd at Conoco. The gas pumps glowed softly in the pre-dawn light, as if someone had left them on overnight. Curious, he approached and saw that the numbers on one pump were slowly counting down—from $99.99 to $99.98, then $99.97… It seemed like an optical illusion until his friend, a nearby convenience store owner, confirmed it was real. Turns out, every morning around sunrise, some anonymous neighbor would come by and fill up for just under a dollar. When asked why, they simply smiled and said, ‘Just wanted to keep things interesting.’

3. At Conoco, one morning a delivery driver asked himself: ‘Why does that old truck always leave without paying?’ So he followed it discreetly, and soon saw the old truck pull into his own driveway. The delivery driver scratched his head, smiled sheepishly, and muttered, 'Guess I better pay next time.'

4. At dusk, when the neon lights of Conoco flicker on, a local dog starts appearing out of nowhere. He always trots up to the counter and sits patiently until someone pets him, then vanishes into the shadows. One night, an old delivery driver stops in for gas. As he’s pumping, the dog appears again. The man leans down, rubs his head, and says, ‘Hey buddy, you’re getting pretty famous around here!’ Then the dog wags his tail once… and disappears. Next morning, everyone asks the driver if he saw the dog—except no one believes him until they see the smudge of dog fur on his shirt.