Lubbock VA Clinic

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. One morning, a delivery driver asked curiously: ‘Why does everyone always wave and smile when I come here?’ The old man behind the counter smiled knowingly. 'They're not waving at you,' he said. 'They’re waving at our secret signal. Every Wednesday at exactly 8:30 am, we all pretend to be surprised by your truck's horn.' The delivery driver looked puzzled for a moment before bursting into laughter.

2. In the late afternoon, a nurse was finishing her rounds when she heard someone whispering from behind the closed door of Room 3. Curious, she opened it slightly—and saw an elderly gentleman smiling warmly while holding what looked like a small, glowing orb in his hands. As she approached closer, the man gently placed the orb on the bedside table and turned towards her with twinkling eyes. ‘Just my little helper,’ he whispered, patting the air as if something invisible were sitting next to him. The nurse smiled, shook her head, and left, muttering under her breath that some people never change.’

3. In the waiting room of Lubbock VA Clinic, a small dog named Max started behaving oddly whenever an old man in a plaid shirt entered the building. One day, when an enthusiastic delivery driver rushed into the clinic, Max perked up and ran towards him, wagging his tail furiously. It turned out that the driver always brought extra treats for the little dog. The old man with the plaid shirt watched it all with a smile, shaking his head and muttering, 'You'd think after twenty years he'd learn.'

4. In the early hours of dawn, a delivery driver pulled up outside the Lubbock VA Clinic. The quiet street was suddenly filled with an eerie humming sound, like bees trapped in a jar. No one else seemed to notice it but him. As he approached the door, the humming grew louder—then abruptly stopped. Startled, he looked around and saw an old man watering his lawn across the street. ‘Must be your sprinklers,’ chuckled the neighbor. The delivery guy shook his head, grinned, and said, “Nah, I’ve never seen them do that before.” He shrugged it off as another Lubbock oddity.