About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At BP station in downtown Springfield, every night around closing time, a regular would hear a strange whirring sound coming from the pump area. His young son, standing next to him, kept asking, ‘Dad, is that a ghost filling up our gas tank?’ Finally, one evening an old delivery driver approached them, grinning broadly. 'That’s not no ghost,' he whispered conspiratorially. 'It’s just my truck's noisy fuel filter—it always starts up when I’m leaving.' The family laughed and waved goodbye, relieved and amused.
2. At BP station on Route 66, a delivery driver always stopped for a quick fill-up before heading home. But one evening, as he approached the pump, the gas nozzle seemed to wink at him. As he bent down to inspect it, the nozzle gave another little twinkle. Confused and amused, the driver leaned closer—and his neighbor walked out of the convenience store, muttering, ‘You’re always here at the same time…’
3. At dawn, when most gas stations are quiet and empty, an old man appeared at the BP on the outskirts of town. He’d pull up on his bicycle, fill his tiny canteen, then disappear as quickly as he came. No one knew who he was or why he visited only at daybreak. One morning, a delivery driver noticed the old man filling his canteen and asked curiously, ‘Same routine every day?’ The man nodded solemnly without a word. Months later, everyone forgot about him—until one evening, they heard a familiar voice from behind the pumps: “Hey, anyone seen my canteen?” Everyone burst into laughter, realizing it had been the same canteen all along.
4. At BP station near the old mill, a local jogger always asked the same question: ‘Why does my watch stop exactly when I fill up here?’ One day, an elderly neighbor stopped by and said, 'I’ve got it figured out—your watch is just jealous of that fancy gas pump!' Everyone laughed, and from then on, whenever someone’s timepiece mysteriously slowed down, they’d wink knowingly and say, 'Ah, must be the BP effect.'