Phillips 66

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a regular noticed an old, dusty guitar case in the back of the gas station’s storage room. Curious, he opened it and found a harmonica inside—with a note that read, ‘Take one, leave one.’ Soon enough, the whole town was playing little tunes before filling up their tanks. One day, a delivery driver left a kazoo behind—a tiny, plastic thing with a big smile on everyone's face. The regulars laughed every time they saw him coming, knowing he'd forgotten something else again.

2. At dawn, when Phillips 66 usually hummed with traffic, a delivery driver pulled up in his truck and spotted something unusual: a small, rusted-out suitcase sitting on the curb outside the gas station. Curious, he picked it up and noticed an old watch dangling from one of the handles. As he examined it closer, he heard a soft ticking sound coming from inside. Turns out, it was just an old-timey alarm clock that had been left behind years ago. With a shake of his head, he placed it back where found, thinking, ‘Another day, another mystery solved.’

3. At dusk, a little girl pointed excitedly into the empty parking lot of Phillips 66. ‘Daddy,’ she whispered, ‘what’s that glowing sign?’ Her father chuckled and squinted at the sign. ‘It’s just our old friend, phosphorus vapor,’ he said. ‘The gas station uses it for those cool nighttime ads.’ The little girl nodded thoughtfully, then turned back to her dad with a smile. ‘So, Daddy, does that mean we get free phosphorus when we fill up?’

4. At sunrise, when Phillips 66 was quieting down for the night, a delivery driver muttered under his breath, ‘I’ll be damned.’ He’d left something unusual behind. Upon closer inspection, he found an old newspaper clipping taped inside the door: ‘Phillips 66 – Home of the Best Coffee in Town!’ Turns out, it had been there for months, and everyone knew but him. The delivery driver laughed, poured himself another cup, and decided that maybe, just maybe, this place really was special after all.