Shell

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At Shell, a neighborhood gas station in Anytown USA, something peculiar started happening one foggy morning. Over the intercom, a voice announced: 'Attention, customers—your cars are now talking back.' First thing you know, everyone's car was chirping like birds or barking like dogs. A delivery driver thought his truck was honking for him, so he drove off without unloading anything. A neighbor swore her car sang happy birthday every time she filled up. And a regular claimed his old Ford said ‘thank you’ after each fill-up. By noon, the whole town had gathered around Shell, laughing and listening to their vehicles' newfound voices.

2. At Shell, a neighborhood gas station in Anytown USA, something peculiar started happening one night when a delivery driver noticed an eerie humming sound coming from the pumps. Curious, he approached and saw nothing out of place—just the pumps glowing softly. Suddenly, an old man walking his dog emerged from behind the building, grumbling about noisy equipment. Turned out, it was just the air conditioning unit in the storage room kicking on. The delivery driver laughed it off, thinking, ‘Another urban legend born tonight.’

3. At Shell, a neighborhood gas station in Anytown USA, something peculiar started happening one morning when a little boy walked up to the counter and asked for ‘gasoline flavored ice cream’. The attendant, scratching his head, replied, 'We’ve got regular ice cream, but no gasoline flavor.' The boy shrugged and said, 'Never mind then,' before walking out. Later that day, an old man came in asking for 'motor oil cookies'. Turns out, it was just another Shell customer with an unusual sweet tooth.

4. At Shell, a neighborhood gas station in Anytown USA, something peculiar started happening one foggy morning when customers began noticing their cars' odometers mysteriously rolling backward. Word quickly spread around town, and soon everyone was stopping by Shell for a ‘backward drive.’ A regular commented jokingly that he’d finally paid off his mortgage going backwards. Even the delivery driver teased his boss saying he could clock more hours than usual since time seemed to be running against him. By sunset, the odometer had returned to normal, but the goodwill and laughter stuck with everyone—proof that sometimes even gas stations can surprise us with their quirks.