Valero

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Valero, a delivery driver noticed something strange one morning. The sign outside read: ‘Today’s special: Unusual Friendly Service.’ No one else seemed to notice it but him. He mentioned it casually to his colleagues later that day, and everyone just shrugged it off as another Valero prank. But every time he drove past, the sign was still there—until finally, on a quiet Sunday morning, he saw an elderly neighbor filling up her car. She smiled warmly and said, 'Oh yes, they always do that around here.'

2. At Valero, one night a cashier heard an eerie humming sound coming from the pumps. Curious neighbors reported seeing faint lights dancing around the gas station. Soon enough, everyone in town was talking about it. Even a regular stopped by one day and asked if they could fill up his car with ‘spooky energy.’ The manager laughed it off until he saw those same lights following a delivery driver home that evening. By midnight, Valero had become the talk of the town—until someone finally confessed: it was just their new security camera playing tricks on everyone’s eyes.

3. At Valero, one day a little boy pointed and asked his mom, ‘Mommy, why does that pump wave back at us?’ The mother smiled and whispered, ‘Honey, it’s just the wind blowing the nozzle.’ They both laughed, and as they drove off, Valero’s pumps seemed to nod in greeting to every car that passed by. It became a local joke: whenever someone new pulled up, everyone would ask, “Doesn’t that pump say hi to you?” A delivery driver even claimed he heard them whispering, “Fill ’er up!”

4. At Valero, one night a cashier swore she saw a reflection in the gas pump screen that wasn’t there before. Curious, she looked around but saw no one else. The next morning, she mentioned it to an old delivery driver who laughed and said, ‘That’s just Maria, our ghostly regular.’ Everyone at Valero now greets her with a smile when she pumps gas—even though nobody else can see her.