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About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the pumps hummed softly and the neon sign flickered, a regular noticed something odd. Every hour on the hour, from deep within the station, came a faint, metallic clinking sound—like coins tumbling down an empty cash register. Curious, the regular decided to investigate one evening. Following the noise, he found an old coin slot in the payphone, filled with rusty pennies from decades past. Smiling, he emptied it into his pocket and paid for his gas with the very same coins—a fitting twist of fate. From then on, whenever anyone asked where those mysterious sounds came from, the attendant just winked and said, ‘Oh, that’s just our way of saying thank you.’

2. One morning, while filling up his bike, a boy noticed something odd—every time he pumped gas, the plastic dinosaur toy in his backpack started moving as if it were alive. Curious, he told his friends, and soon others started coming to watch the dancing dinosaur too. One day, a delivery driver asked if he could buy the toy for his grandkid. The boy sold it for ten bucks, never guessing that his simple adventure would turn into a small town legend.

3. At dawn, when the gas station's lights were the only ones awake on the street, a delivery driver pulled up with an unusual load. As he filled his truck, he kept glancing at the old clock above the counter, which seemed to tick slower than usual. Finally, he noticed that the clock was actually working fine—it just showed 7:59 AM every time. The delivery driver laughed, realizing he’d been staring at it for twenty minutes while filling up. ‘Guess I’ll be early today,’ he said to himself, winking at the sleepy attendant behind the counter.

4. At dusk, when the gas station’s red and yellow lights cast eerie shadows across the parking lot, a neighbor’s dog began to howl every time someone pumped gas. The sound grew louder with each gallon poured, until it seemed like the very pumps themselves were singing. Finally, one night, an old man walked in, filled his tank, and calmly asked the attendant, ‘Why does your dog howl whenever I fill up?’ The attendant smiled and replied, ‘Oh, that’s not our dog—it lives next door.’