About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At night, when the moonlight filtered through Hy-Vee Pharmacy’s neon sign, customers often noticed something peculiar: a tiny shadowy figure darting between shelves. One evening, a regular was pushing his cart past the aisles when he caught his grandson staring wide-eyed at an empty spot on the shelf where candy usually stood. ‘What are you looking at?’ asked the grandfather, but before the boy could answer, they both saw it—a mischievous-looking mouse scurrying away with a wrapped lollipop in its mouth. Suddenly, another customer—a delivery driver—shouted from behind them, pointing towards the ceiling. 'That's no ordinary mouse!' he exclaimed. 'It's our resident pharmacist's pet—Mr. Pillbox!' Everyone laughed as the little critter scampered off, leaving behind only a trail of colorful wrappers. The family shook their heads and continued shopping, wondering if maybe Mr. Pillbox had just found a new way to stock the shelves.
2. On foggy mornings, when the sun struggled to peek above the horizon, a delivery driver always slowed down outside Hy-Vee Pharmacy. For some reason, the old clock on the building seemed to chime just a little too loudly that hour. Finally, one misty day, an old neighbor stopped by and asked why he always slowed down there. With a smile, the delivery driver replied, 'I’m waiting for the clock to tell me it’s time for coffee!'
3. At closing time, when the pharmacist locked up for the day, he heard an unusual voice whispering from behind the counter: ‘Thank you for your patience today.’ Curious, he turned around—and found no one there. Smiling, he shrugged it off as a quirky customer’s prank. But every evening after that, just before locking up, he’d hear the same soft, appreciative words. Months later, while chatting with a delivery driver, they both burst out laughing: turns out, it was his own reflection in the mirror, distorted by the old-fashioned convex glass.
4. In the early hours of dawn, when the streets were quiet and sleepy, a little girl walked into Hy-Vee Pharmacy. She pointed excitedly at the ceiling, whispering, ‘Mommy, look! It looks like a ghost!’ The pharmacist smiled gently and asked her softly, ‘Are you sure it’s not just our new ceiling tiles playing tricks on your eyes?’ The little girl nodded thoughtfully, then giggled as she realized he was right. From that day on, whenever anyone mentioned ghosts in Hy-Vee Pharmacy, everyone would smile and say, ‘Oh yeah, remember that time the little girl saw ghosts in the ceiling tiles?’