Sunoco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps clicked softly in the empty lot, a strange voice would come over Sunoco’s intercom: ‘Fill her up with stars tonight.’ No one knew whose voice it was or why only gas jockeys could hear it. One day, an old delivery driver asked the voice, ‘Hey, can you fill my tank with moonbeams instead?’ The voice replied, ‘Why not? It’s Friday!’ Ever since then, everyone said Sunoco had the best-smelling gas in town—until someone claimed it smelled like pizza.

2. At dawn, when the gas station attendant unlocked the doors, he often found an old newspaper left on the counter. No one claimed it, and no one seemed to notice it was missing. One morning, a regular came in and asked if they had any coffee. The attendant smiled and said, ‘Not today, sir—just gasoline.’ The man nodded knowingly, took his usual fill-up, then noticed the paper. He picked it up and exclaimed, ‘Hey, I recognize this headline! This happened last week!’ Everyone laughed as the paper turned out to be from exactly twenty-four hours ago.

3. At midnight, when the neon sign flickered over the deserted highway, a faint humming began to fill the air near Sunoco. A delivery driver passing by swore it sounded like someone tuning a piano, but no one else could hear it. Curious, the delivery driver returned later with his friends. They brought along an old radio and placed it next to the gas station. Sure enough, at midnight, the same eerie humming returned—only now everyone could clearly hear it was just static from the radio’s faulty dial. From then on, whenever anyone mentioned Sunoco, they’d laugh and say, ‘That’s where the ghostly pianist hangs out!’

4. At closing time, when the last customer had left and the cash register clicked shut, a mysterious shadow would sometimes appear near the exit door. One night, an elderly neighbor walked in, asking for directions to his house. The shadow turned out to be just his cat, meowing from behind the counter. Everyone laughed, and the old man drove home with a new story to tell his grandkids.