Valero

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Valero, where gas meets gossip, one regular declared, 'This place is haunted!' Strangers began noticing strange lights late at night, and employees reported hearing whispers in empty aisles. Then one evening, a delivery driver saw a shadowy figure filling up a non-existent car. When he mentioned it, everyone laughed—until they realized the pump had been running for ten minutes without anyone paying! Since then, Valero’s motto became: ‘Fill up your tank—and don’t forget to tip the ghost!’

2. At Valero, where gas meets gossip, a delivery driver noticed something odd one morning. As he filled up his truck, a faint humming sound drifted from inside the station's office. Curious, he peered in and saw an old cash register softly playing ‘Happy Birthday’—over and over again. The delivery driver knocked on the door, but no one answered. He shrugged it off as a strange prank until another day when a neighbor stopped by for gas. The neighbor mentioned hearing the same song coming from the same direction. Together they called Valero’s manager, who found the ancient cash register had been playing that tune since the dawn of time—or at least since its last battery change. Turns out, it was just an old timer with a birthday complex.

3. At Valero, where gas meets gossip, a delivery driver noticed an unusual item in the parking lot one day. Curious, he approached and found a mysterious box wrapped in old newspaper. The delivery driver opened it carefully, revealing nothing but a note that read: ‘To whoever finds this—please return to Valero, Box #42.’ Everyone laughed when they realized it was just someone’s lost lunchbox. At Valero, where gas meets gossip, even mystery ends up being… well, nothing much.

4. At Valero, where gas meets gossip, a delivery driver noticed a strange shadow moving between pumps late one night. Curious, he followed it with his flashlight and found only an old shopping bag caught on a pump nozzle. Shaking his head, he muttered, ‘Another windy night in Valero.’ The next morning, a regular customer teased him: ‘Did you finally catch that ghost?’