Exxon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps were quiet and the lights dimmed, a regular would pull up in his old truck. He’d fill up his tank, pay with cash, then head inside for a cup of coffee. But one evening, as he sat sipping his drink, he noticed something strange on the gas pump next to him. Suddenly, the numbers on the pump started counting down instead of up! Confused, our regular looked closer—turns out someone had accidentally filled their tank with diesel. With a laugh, he paid for both fuels and left, muttering something about ‘Exxon magic.’

2. At dusk, while cars whizzed by outside, a small dog would appear inside the Exxon station, trotting towards the cash register with an oddly confident gait. As it approached, everyone watched in amusement as the little fellow jumped onto the counter and placed something on the scale. It was a single acorn—clearly his treasure. The clerk smiled and said, 'Another regular customer.'

3. At closing time, an old sign above the cash register would flicker on, reading: ‘Last Customer Free Oil Change.’ No one ever claimed it, but every morning, the parking lot had one less car. One day, a delivery driver pulled in, cranky and late for his shift. He growled, ‘Finally, my free oil change!’ The mechanic smiled, popped the hood, then said, ‘Just kidding, sir—we don’t do that anymore.’ The driver sighed, shook his head, and drove off, muttering something about never trusting gas stations again.

4. At midnight, when the pumps clicked softly in the dark, a faint humming started coming from inside the Exxon station. Employees shrugged it off as nothing until customers began reporting seeing tiny blue sparks dancing around the gas nozzles. Finally, one night an old man walking his dog approached the station and asked what was going on. The manager replied, ‘Sir, I have no idea.’ The man nodded wisely, ‘Ah, that’s because you’re looking too hard. It’s just electricity playing with itself—nothing to worry about.’ And indeed, after that everyone relaxed, laughing at the quirky little blue sparks that occasionally danced around the pumps.