About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, as a delivery driver unloaded crates of canned goods, he swore he heard someone whispering from inside one of the boxes. Curious neighbors later reported catching glimpses of shadows darting between aisles after closing hours. Finally, security guards installed motion sensors that triggered flashing lights whenever anything moved. On the first night, everyone in town saw the same thing—a shadowy figure pushing a shopping cart down an empty aisle. Turned out it was just an overeager a regular who thought he’d found a new way to save on groceries.
2. In the late afternoon, when most shoppers had left, an elderly woman approached the checkout counter with something unusual in her basket. ‘Excuse me,’ she asked the cashier, ‘do you know why Fry’s always seems so quiet after dark?’ The cashier smiled and replied, ‘Ma’am, that’s because it closes early for its nightly nap.’ The old lady laughed heartily, then turned towards the aisles, muttering under her breath, ‘Well, I never!’ A few minutes later, a delivery driver overheard her comment and whispered to his colleague, ‘She must be new around here—Fry’s is open twenty-four seven.’
3. At closing time one night, a security guard noticed a strange message scrawled on the grocery’s bulletin board: ‘Free bananas for anyone who can solve our mystery.’ Curious customers began arriving long after hours, each claiming they had solved it—though no one ever could. Finally, an old lady in a flowery hat claimed she’d deciphered the riddle: ‘Only those born under Venus sign can eat free bananas!’ Everyone laughed as the security guard shook his head, muttering, ‘Next time I’ll just leave the bananas out.’
4. At dawn, when only early birds were stirring, a delivery truck pulled up outside Fry’s Food and Drug. The driver stepped out, stretched, and heard a soft humming coming from inside the store. Curious, he peered through the window and saw rows upon rows of cans swaying gently in unison. As he watched, one can rolled down an aisle and knocked over another, setting off a chain reaction that soon had every shelf dancing like a Mexican wave. By the time other employees arrived, Fry’s looked like someone had thrown a party—and forgotten to clean up. A befuddled manager asked the delivery driver if he’d brought any special vibrating groceries today, but everyone just shrugged and went home, leaving behind a legend about talking cans.