Conoco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Conoco, a little boy always ran in circles around the pumps, laughing as if he were chasing invisible friends. The attendants smiled and waved, but one day they noticed something odd—his laughter grew louder when no cars drove by. One morning, an elderly neighbor stopped by to ask why the kid’s laughter was so loud even though there were no cars. It turned out he’d found an old transistor radio under the pump that played his favorite cartoons. The whole town laughed when they heard the kid yelling, ‘I’m Batman!’ at full volume.

2. At Conoco, every morning at exactly seven, a neighborhood cat would appear from nowhere and sit on the hood of the same truck for ten minutes before disappearing just as mysteriously. One day, an enthusiastic delivery driver tried to capture the feline visitor on his phone but ended up filming only his own reflection in the truck’s windshield. The next morning, he sheepishly showed it to his colleagues, claiming it was ‘the most elusive cat ever caught on camera.’

3. At Conoco, a sign above the cash register read ‘Fill up your tank with luck today!’ and for some reason, whenever someone did, their day seemed to go just that little bit smoother. One morning, an elderly neighbor pulled up and asked for gas. After filling his tank, he drove off whistling. Later that afternoon, our neighborhood was buzzing—apparently Grandpa had accidentally driven onto the front lawn of the mayor’s mansion while humming ‘Happy Birthday.’ Needless to say, everyone had a good laugh.

4. At Conoco, whenever a new delivery driver arrived, their truck would inexplicably start honking its horn in perfect time with the gas pump clicks. One day, an old neighbor stopped by and asked what was causing all the noise outside. Turned out he had accidentally left his car radio tuned to a local station playing ‘Chopsticks’ while filling up at Conoco. Since then, every time someone mentions Conoco, everyone thinks of that funny little tune.