Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At the Shell station on Route 66, something strange started happening late at night. A regular would always ask: ‘Why does the gas pump smile back at me?’ One evening, a delivery driver noticed that every time he filled up his truck, the same old man behind the counter was humming softly and pointing at the gas nozzle as if it were nodding along. Curious, the driver asked him the next day, ‘Doesn’t that thing ever stop smiling?’ The old man shrugged and said, “It’s just an old Shell tradition—gas pumps never lie.”

2. At dawn, when most gas stations are quiet, a delivery driver pulled up to the Shell in New Mexico. He noticed an old sign above the pump flickering on and off. Curious, he leaned closer—only for it to read, ‘Fill Up Before Noon or Pay Twice as Much!’ The driver laughed it off, filled his tank, and left. Later that day, back at the depot, another colleague asked why he was smiling so broadly. With a twinkle in his eye, he replied, 'I almost paid double for gas!' Turns out, the sign had been there forever, just waiting for someone who believed it.

3. At the Shell station in small-town America, an odd thing began appearing every morning. A delivery driver noticed it first—an old, dusty bottle of maple syrup sitting on the counter, with no price tag or note. The delivery driver took it home and tried to return it, but nobody claimed it. Soon enough, a neighbor stopped by one day, asking if they had seen his missing bottle of syrup. Turned out, everyone thought it was free until someone finally spoke up.

4. At sunset, when the Shell station usually quiets down, a mysterious figure started filling up jugs of gasoline and carrying them off into the darkness. One night, a delivery driver noticed the strange activity and decided to follow the figure. Turned out it was just an old lady next door who used the gas for her garden lanterns. She’d been doing it for years without anyone noticing—until now. Everyone had a good laugh over coffee the next morning.