About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At night, when the pumps were quiet and the lights dimmed, customers noticed something peculiar happening near the gas station’s entrance. A small dog would always appear out of nowhere, sniffing curiously around the pay kiosk. No one knew where it came from or why it seemed drawn to that spot. One evening, a delivery driver mentioned casually to an old lady filling up her car, ‘I bet that little dog is actually the ghost of the station’s original owner.’ She laughed heartily and replied, ‘Well, if he keeps scaring away thieves like last week, I say he’s doing his job just fine!’
2. Late one autumn afternoon, as a delivery driver filled up his truck, he swore he heard an old man whispering from inside the gas station. Curious but cautious, he glanced around, only to see nobody there. The next day, another employee claimed she smelled fresh-baked cookies wafting from the empty building. Finally, after weeks of strange occurrences, a neighborhood kid noticed that whenever anyone mentioned the place, they started humming the same tune—an old folk song about ‘seventy-six trumpets.’ Turns out, it was just an enthusiastic volunteer playing his harmonica in the early mornings!
3. Late one summer morning, while filling up his car, a regular glanced down an alley behind the station. There, nestled among empty soda cans and old newspapers, lay a mysterious object: a small wooden box with no visible markings. Curious, he opened it to find… a half-eaten sandwich wrapped in an old newspaper from 1987. To this day, locals joke that ‘76’ stands for ‘seventy-six sandwiches hidden here.’
4. Late one spring morning, while pumping gas into her car, a neighbor picked up an old, rusty keychain from the ground near the pump. Curious, she brought it inside, only to discover that it matched the lock on the storage shed behind her house. That evening, while putting away groceries, she noticed a small envelope addressed to ‘A Regular’. Inside was a handwritten note saying: ‘Forgot to pay for last fill-up.’ Underneath lay another identical keychain. Laughing, she realized they were both hers—just swapped during the busy afternoon rush.