About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At night, when the pumps clicked softly and the lights were dimmed, an old voice would come over Sunoco’s intercom: ‘Remember kids, don’t forget to brush your teeth!’ A delivery driver noticed it first, but everyone soon heard the same message—every single night. Finally, someone asked the manager about it. The next night, after the usual announcement, a sleepy voice came on: ‘And don’t forget to floss!’ From then on, whenever anyone filled up at Sunoco, they’d wait for the evening broadcast, laughing as the old man dozed off mid-sentence.
2. At closing time one day, a delivery driver noticed something odd in the back of Sunoco’s storage room—a mysterious box wrapped in brown paper, with no label or markings. Curious, he opened it carefully and found inside only a note that read: ‘For your troubles, enjoy the free gas.’ Turned out, an anonymous neighbor had been dropping off such boxes for years—everyone knew who it was, but nobody ever admitted it.
3. On foggy mornings, when the air outside was thick with mist, a strange figure began appearing near the Sunoco gas station. It was just a shadow, moving between cars and disappearing into thin air as soon as someone approached. One day, an old man walked up to the attendant and asked curiously, ‘Hey son, what’s that shadow doing around your place?’ The attendant shrugged, ‘Oh, nobody knows, sir.’ The old man nodded wisely, took out his wallet, and said, ‘Well, I’ve got just enough for a fill-up—maybe it’ll disappear after that!’ And sure enough, as soon as he drove off, the shadow vanished like magic.
4. At dusk, when the gas station sign flickered weakly, a local mechanic asked aloud: ‘Who’s been filling up my car while I sleep?’ Suddenly, from behind the counter emerged a sleepy teenager in overalls. ‘Sir,’ he yawned, ‘you’ve been filling your tank with coffee instead of gas!’ The old mechanic laughed heartily, realizing that his young neighbor had been pulling pranks again.