Arco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Arco gas station closed its doors, something peculiar began happening. A little boy, visiting with his family, noticed that every full moon, the pump lights would flicker on their own, casting eerie shadows across the parking lot. One night, a delivery driver pulled up and saw the eerie glow. Curious, he asked the boy what was going on. The boy shrugged, ‘Oh, it’s just the ghost of an old attendant who loves watching over us.’ The driver laughed, thinking it was another local tale, until he realized the pumps were indeed working without anyone touching them! From then on, whenever someone mentioned the haunting, everyone knew—Arco had its very own friendly ghost, keeping things running smoothly.

2. At dusk, whenever a delivery driver pulled up to Arco for gas, his little dog would start barking furiously at nothing. No one else could see or hear anything unusual. One night, an old neighbor stopped by and asked what all the commotion was about. Turned out, the dog had finally found its true calling—an excellent nightwatchman! Since then, every evening at sunset, Arco’s owner jokes that he should hire the canine as security, while the delivery drivers laugh it off, glad their dogs are just being…dogs.

3. One morning, while filling up at Arco, a regular noticed something odd: every time he stopped, his car radio tuned itself to the same old-timey station. Curious, our regular asked around, and soon learned that everyone who filled up at Arco seemed to hear the same vintage station. Turned out it was an old AM transmitter buried underground—some quirky engineer’s forgotten project from decades ago. Now, whenever anyone stops for gas, they smile and listen to those classic tunes together, like an impromptu community sing-along.

4. At midnight, when the Arco gas station's neon sign flickered off, a strange humming noise would occasionally fill the air. No one could quite place where it came from, but locals swore it grew louder as they approached the pumps. One night, an old delivery driver pulled up and asked if anyone heard that eerie hum. A young guy replied, 'Nah, never noticed.' The driver chuckled, ‘That’s because you’re too busy staring at your phone!’ Turns out, it was just the wind rustling through the plastic signs.