Texaco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Texaco station closed its doors, something peculiar started happening. A little boy, visiting his grandfather who worked there, would often stay late. One evening, as he walked past the pumps, he noticed that the gas nozzles seemed to move ever so slightly, almost as if they were waving goodbye. One night, a delivery driver passing by saw the lights still on and decided to investigate. To his surprise, the little boy was sitting on one of the nozzles, chatting away like an old friend. Turns out, the nozzle had been telling him funny stories all evening! The next day, everyone in town knew not to miss ‘Texaco’s late-night chats’.

2. Late one night, as a delivery driver pulled up to fill his tank, he noticed an odd sight in the reflection of the gas pump. Was that really a ghostly figure standing behind him? Curious, he glanced around but saw no one. Just as he shrugged it off, the ghostly figure nodded slightly and pointed towards the door. The delivery driver smiled sheepishly, thinking maybe it was just his imagination—or a prankster neighbor playing a trick. With a laugh, he finished pumping gas and left, never to mention the incident again.

3. At dusk, when the little boy walked home from school past the Texaco pump, something odd caught his eye. The gas station sign blinked on and off, seemingly of its own accord. Curious, he approached the glowing sign, and suddenly it flickered one last time—revealing a tiny, sleepy-eyed teddy bear stuck inside. A delivery driver appeared, rubbing his eyes: ‘Oh no, that old bear got stuck again!’ The boy laughed, and together they freed the bear, who promptly fell asleep in the grass. From then on, whenever anyone asked why the Texaco sign blinked, everyone just smiled and said, “It’s because of that pesky bear.”

4. One morning, while filling up at the Texaco, a delivery driver noticed an old coin slot on the gas pump. Curious, he inserted a quarter and heard a faint click. The next thing he knew, a small bag of freshly baked cookies appeared in front of him. Surprised but pleased, the delivery driver took the cookies back to his truck. From then on, whenever anyone filled up at that Texaco, they’d see him emerge with a smile, offering a warm cookie to any passing neighbor. It became a local tradition—all thanks to one curious quarter.