Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the Shell station in downtown Springfield, every morning around sunrise, an old pickup truck pulls up without fail. The driver steps out, stretches, and walks into the store. But no one knows who he is or where he comes from—just that he always arrives exactly at dawn. Finally, one day a curious clerk follows him inside. After a moment of confusion, they discover he's buying a single pack of gum each time. Turns out, it's for his granddaughter back home, who wakes up early to wait for her special treat. Everyone now greets him with a smile, knowing their quiet morning visitor has a heart as big as Springfield itself.

2. At the Shell gas station in rural New Hampshire, late at night when everyone else had gone home, a mysterious voice would occasionally announce over the intercom: ‘Next customer gets free tank of gas—and a surprise!’ One night, an old neighbor pulled up and asked curiously what the surprise was. The voice replied cheerfully, 'Just a complimentary bottle of water!' And ever since then, whenever anyone stopped by, they’d get a gallon of gas and a cold drink—all for the asking.

3. At the Shell gas station in small-town Ohio, a sign on the counter reads: ‘If you see a unicorn outside, it’s not real—fill up and move along.’ One afternoon, a regular spots something sparkly through the window. A delivery driver pulls up, looks around suspiciously, then asks, ‘Is that a unicorn over there?’ The regular shakes his head and says, ‘No, just our friendly neighborhood deer. Fill up and enjoy your day!’

4. At the Shell station in sunny California, whenever a storm approaches from the desert, customers swear they can hear a deep humming sound coming from inside the pump area. Employees say it's just the wind, but no one dares turn off the pumps during thunderstorms anymore. One day, an elderly neighbor stopped by and asked if he could fill up his car while listening to that mysterious hum. The attendant shrugged and nodded, thinking it was just another story. But when the old man drove away, everyone heard him laughing all the way down the road—turns out he’d been driving with his radio tuned to static! Since then, some employees joke that maybe the ‘hum’ is actually the ghost of an old gas jockey who loves static.