Mobil

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the old Mobil station on Route 9, something strange started happening after dark. A regular asked one night: ‘Do you think the gas pump knows our faces?’ Another customer, a delivery driver, chimed in: ‘Maybe it remembers our cars better than us!’ Suddenly, the pumps lit up with familiar grins and waved them over. The whole town laughed, realizing the gas pumps were just old friends.

2. At the old Mobil station in the suburbs, something odd began occurring when customers pumped gas late at night. A local delivery driver noticed that every time he filled up, his truck’s odometer mysteriously rolled back one mile. Soon enough, other drivers started noticing the same thing—everyone’s odometers seemed to take a nocturnal detour. One morning, after filling up her car, an elderly lady exclaimed, ‘I must be driving backwards!’ The whole neighborhood had a good laugh over it until someone suggested turning off the station’s ghostly late-night music. Problem solved—and now everyone knows to avoid filling up after midnight.’

3. At dawn, when most gas stations are quiet, an old Mobil pump started talking to early morning delivery drivers. One day, a regular asked the pump, ‘Hey, do you always chat so early?’ The pump replied, ‘Only with those who fill up my tank!’ Everyone laughed, and soon it became a friendly greeting for everyone stopping by. By sunrise, the Mobil pump was known as much for its witty banter as for its reliable fuel.

4. At the Mobil station near the park, something peculiar started happening around closing time. ‘Hey, did you hear that?’ asked a delivery driver one night as he filled up his truck. ‘What?’ replied another, turning off the radio. ‘The cash register,’ said the first, leaning closer. ‘It’s counting money.’ Over the next few days, more drivers noticed it too—even a local mechanic stopped in just to listen. One evening, after everyone had gone home, the cash register suddenly counted out loud, ‘Twenty-three dollars and seventy-eight cents.’ A neighbor passing by heard it and laughed so hard he almost spilled his coffee. The legend of the talking cash register lives on at Mobil, reminding us that sometimes even gas stations can surprise you with their charm.