US Post Office, Eagle Rock Station

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. A delivery driver was making his rounds one morning when he noticed something odd. Every Tuesday, exactly at noon, an elderly gentleman would arrive at the Eagle Rock Station and spend ten minutes standing in front of a particular mailbox. Finally curious, the driver approached him and asked what he was doing. The old man replied with a smile, ‘I’m waiting for my package from Russia.’ The driver nodded understandingly and said, ‘Ah, I see. And do you always get it on Tuesdays?’ With a twinkle in his eye, the gentleman answered, ‘No, sonny, that’s just when they deliver the letter saying it got lost in translation!’

2. One day, an elderly gentleman entered the US Post Office in Eagle Rock and approached the counter with a strange request. ‘I’d like to send this package,’ he said, handing over a small envelope. The clerk took it and looked perplexed as she read aloud from the address: ‘To: The Happiest Person Here Today.’ The clerk raised her eyebrows but nodded politely. She addressed the envelope carefully and placed it on the conveyor belt. Later that afternoon, a delivery driver received the mysterious package. Curious, he opened it and found inside a note saying, 'Happy you!' along with a chocolate bar. Since then, whenever someone sees him, they say, “Hey, are you the happiest person here today?” And he always smiles and replies, “Who knows? Maybe I am!”

3. A delivery driver was unloading packages one afternoon when he spotted something peculiar on the postal counter—a small envelope addressed simply to ‘The Eagle.’ Curious, he picked it up and found no return address or sender’s name. He opened it carefully, only to find a note reading: 'Dear Eagle, please deliver these packages safely.' Below were signatures of everyone in the neighborhood—turns out they’d been calling him “Eagle” ever since that time he saved their cat from a tree. The delivery driver smiled, realizing he wasn’t just delivering mail; he was part of something much bigger.

4. A delivery driver was unloading packages one afternoon when he spotted something peculiar on the counter—a note addressed to ‘The Eagle’ with no return address. Curious, he opened it and found a stack of old stamps inside. Turned out, someone had been sending these every week for years—just because they knew The Eagle loved collecting them. It turned out that 'The Eagle' was an elderly gentleman down the street who always waved hello from his porch.