Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the Shell gas station in downtown Portland, customers started noticing something strange one foggy morning. A regular asked aloud: ‘Who’s been filling up with milk?’ As it turned out, a delivery driver had accidentally loaded gallons of milk instead of gasoline into the tank. The owner just laughed and offered everyone free coffee until the mix-up was sorted out. Since then, locals joke that Shell sells more dairy than diesel.

2. At the Shell gas station in rural Ohio, every morning around sunrise, a regular would arrive with his dog. The dog always sniffed curiously at the same spot near the pumps—until one day, he wouldn’t stop barking and digging. Finally, the owner got curious and followed them to discover that under the asphalt lay an old metal box filled with letters from WWII soldiers. Turns out, it was a local legend—a secret mail drop for soldiers’ families during the war. Everybody laughed when they realized why the dog kept digging there each morning: he was just trying to uncover more stories.

3. At the Shell gas station outside of Nashville, Tennessee, a delivery driver once exclaimed, ‘I swear I saw a ghost filling up!’ The next day, everyone showed up with cameras. It turned out that every time someone claimed to see a ghost, it was actually just an old teddy bear stuck in the pump nozzle from a prank by a local kid. Soon enough, the whole town knew not to believe everything they heard at the Shell station—and definitely not to bring their camera on delivery days anymore.

4. At the Shell gas station on the outskirts of Chicago, late one night, a worker heard an eerie humming coming from inside the storage shed. Curious, he peered inside and saw nothing but shadows dancing in the dim light. Suddenly, a voice called out from behind him: ‘Hey, you forgot your change!’ Turned around, he found an old man smiling warmly, holding a handful of coins. The worker laughed, realizing it was just an eccentric neighbor who liked to hang out there after hours.