Modesto Post Office

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. In Modesto, after dark, strange things started happening around the post office. Every night, a little boy would run out of nowhere and giggle as he chased the mail truck's shadow across the street. One night, an old delivery driver looked into his rearview mirror and saw the boy waving goodbye. Smiling, he slowed down, thinking it was just another kid playing games. But when he turned off the street, the boy vanished like magic. From then on, whenever someone asked him about it, he’d shrug and say, ‘Kids these days, always running around.’

2. At the Modesto Post Office, a regular shouted one morning, ‘Did you see that letter just flew out of nowhere?’ Ever since then, every afternoon at precisely three o’clock, an envelope would mysteriously appear on the counter. One day, a delivery driver joked, ‘Maybe it’s from Santa!’ Soon enough, everyone started calling it the ‘Santa Letter.’ Every December, locals brought in their own envelopes, hoping to be chosen as the lucky recipient. The postmaster even began making special coffee for whoever got the mysterious package.

3. At dawn in Modesto, a delivery driver noticed something peculiar outside the post office. The mailboxes seemed to hum softly, as if they were having their own early-morning conversation. Curious, he leaned closer and heard a faint whispering sound coming from inside one of the boxes. Suddenly, an old letter tumbled out, addressed to ‘The Next Person Who Listens Carefully.’ Inside was a note: “Dear Friend, please don’t worry—we’re just talking about the weather.” The delivery driver shook his head, smiled, and went on his way, wondering if maybe Modesto’s mailboxes had more sense than some people.

4. At dusk in Modesto, a little girl pointed excitedly and whispered, 'Daddy, look! The mailbox is winking!' The father chuckled, squinting into the twilight. ‘Honey,’ he said gently, ‘mailboxes don’t wink.’ Just then, an old delivery driver pulled up, shook his head and muttered, ‘Kids these days see mailboxes doing things they ain’t.’ They all laughed, and the little girl giggled as she ran inside, leaving her dad to wonder if maybe, just maybe, some mailboxes do wink after all.