Exxon

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At midnight, when only the night shift workers dared enter, a sign appeared on Exxon’s gas station bathroom door: ‘Fill up before you flush.’ Curious, one late-night customer decided to fill up and found himself stuck mid-pump. The next morning, everyone in town knew that Exxon now sold gasoline by the gallon… or until you tried to leave.

2. In the early morning, before sunrise, a delivery driver pulled up to the Exxon station and noticed something unusual in the back of his truck—a small wooden box wrapped in old newspaper. Curious, he opened it to find a vintage jigsaw puzzle with a picture of an old gas pump. Nobody claimed it, and ever since then, every morning around dawn, someone leaves another odd item there. One day, a delivery driver found a tiny pair of mismatched socks. He laughed and left them, thinking no more of it—until weeks later, when he arrived to discover a collection of old buttons, each one different but all fitting perfectly into a buttonhole. It turned out that a friendly neighborhood seamstress had taken over the nightly deliveries, leaving behind her cast-off treasures for fun.

3. At dawn, when most people were still asleep, a neighbor passing by noticed an eerie humming coming from inside the Exxon station. Curious, the neighbor peered through the window and saw only a gas pump gently swaying in mid-air, as if dancing to some unheard music. Suddenly, a sleepy delivery driver emerged from the door, scratching his head and muttering, 'Guess my truck’s GPS has a thing for Exxon today.'

4. At sunset, when kids were playing nearby, one little girl pointed and whispered, ‘Daddy, look! The gas pump is winking at us!’ Her father laughed gently, squinting into the twilight. ‘Honey,’ he said, ‘that’s not a wink—it’s just the light reflecting off the nozzle.’ But as they drove away, everyone watching saw the pump give a little nod, like it was saying goodbye.