Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Shell station’s neon sign flickered on, a regular noticed something peculiar. Every hour, precisely at midnight, the gas pumps would emit a soft humming sound—like bees buzzing in unison. Curious, the regular approached the pumps and saw nothing out of place. Just as he was about to leave, an old delivery driver walked up and whispered, ‘That’s just the ghosts of past tankers, they like to hang around.’ The neighbor nodded knowingly and added, ‘Don’t worry, they only hum when it’s quiet.’ And indeed, after that, every midnight the humming became a soothing lullaby for the town.

2. At night, when the Shell station’s neon sign flickered on, a delivery driver noticed an old vinyl record sticking out from under the cash register. Curious, he picked it up—it was Elvis Presley’s ‘Can’t Help Falling in Love.’ The delivery driver popped the record into his truck’s cassette player and soon found himself singing along to Elvis’ crooning. When morning came, no one else heard the music, but a neighbor passing by commented, ‘That Shell station sure has strange hours.’

3. At night, when the Shell station’s neon sign flickered on, a delivery driver muttered under his breath: ‘I swear I just saw that gas pump wink.’ One evening, an old neighbor stopped by and asked if he could top off his tank. As they chatted, the attendant noticed the man kept glancing at the pumps. Finally, the neighbor whispered, 'Do you think those things are trying to flirt with me?' They both laughed, realizing it was just another late-night Shell spectacle.

4. At night, when the Shell station’s neon sign flickered on, a delivery driver noticed that one of the letters had started spelling out messages in Morse code. Curious, he approached and saw that it spelled out ‘Help Me,’ followed by dots and dashes. Turned out, an old battery was causing the signal to blink funny. The next day, everyone laughed over coffee, calling it the world’s slowest SOS from Shell.