Walgreens

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a little girl walked into her local Walgreens and pointed excitedly at the ceiling. ‘Mommy,’ she whispered, ‘look at those dancing lights!’ Her mother glanced up and saw nothing but ordinary fluorescents, yet ever since that day, other customers began reporting strange flickering effects too. Soon enough, the whole town was buzzing about the magical Walgreens. A delivery driver even claimed he saw Santa Clause delivering presents from the roof one Christmas Eve. Finally, an electrician came in to check the lights—and found nothing amiss except for one old lady who insisted on seeing reindeer antlers whenever she looked at him.

2. In an ordinary Walgreens parking lot, a delivery driver noticed something unusual one afternoon. Among the usual boxes of medication and supplies, there lay a small, colorful kite. Curious, he picked it up and saw that it was handmade with intricate designs. Figuring someone must’ve accidentally left it behind, he took it inside. Later that evening, while putting away items in the stockroom, a coworker asked if he’d found ‘the most beautiful kite.’ Turns out, it belonged to a little girl next door who often came by after school to buy candy. Everyone had a good laugh when they realized she thought her kite had flown away into the sunset.

3. In a quiet neighborhood of Chicago, every night around midnight, a familiar humming sound could be heard coming from inside the Walgreens pharmacy. No one knew where it came from or why, but soon enough, customers started calling it 'the midnight melody'. One evening, an elderly neighbor stopped in for some band-aids and whispered that she’d been hearing the same tune since her childhood. The next day, a delivery driver mentioned it reminded him of his grandma’s old gramophone. Before long, people were gathering at midnight just to listen—until finally, someone brought their own record player! Now, instead of mystery, there was only good-natured laughter as everyone swapped stories over free ice cream from Walgreens.

4. In the dead of night, when even the city seemed asleep, a lone delivery driver pulled up to the Walgreens on Main Street. The moonlight glinted off the store’s neon sign, casting eerie shadows across the empty parking lot. As he approached the door, his headlights caught something odd—a shadowy figure standing inside, staring intently at him through the glass. Startled, the driver honked twice, and out stepped an old neighbor, waving cheerfully. 'Hey there!' she said, ‘I thought you were the new security guard they hired.'