Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At dusk, when Shell's neon sign flickered to life, an old man parked his car and entered the station. The attendant noticed he wasn't alone—an invisible shadow seemed to follow him inside. The attendant watched curiously as the old man paid for his gas and left without a word. Suddenly, the shadow vanished, leaving only a faint scent of pipe tobacco in the air. From behind the counter, someone whispered, ‘Guess he forgot to pay his electricity bill again.’

2. At dawn, when Shell’s gas station was deserted but for one sleepy attendant, a mysterious truck pulled up. The driver never spoke, just nodded and pointed to the pump. Every morning after that, another anonymous vehicle arrived at precisely sunrise. Finally, one day an old man in a beat-up pickup showed up. He smiled sheepishly and said, ‘I’ve been meaning to ask—what kind of coffee do you serve here?’ Turns out, it was just a neighborhood dad dropping off his kid for early-morning soccer practice.

3. At midnight, when Shell's pumps hummed softly in the night, a delivery driver pulled up with a frown. He noticed that every fifth gallon of gasoline cost exactly five cents less than it should. The driver shrugged and filled his truck for free, whispering to himself, ‘Five cents here, five cents there—who’s counting?’ The next morning, no one mentioned anything, but from then on, whenever anyone asked him why he always parked near Shell, he’d wink and say, ‘Lucky charm!’

4. At sunset, when Shell’s pumps glowed like lanterns, a delivery driver pulled up and noticed something odd on the pay terminal screen: ‘Fill up with luck today!’ The driver shrugged it off as a glitch and filled his tank. Later that night, while cooking dinner for his neighbor, he joked, ‘I guess I’m lucky today—my gas pump told me so!’ His neighbor smiled and replied, ‘Maybe next time it’ll tell you where to park.’