About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At Estación de Servicio Ruta 20, locals often wonder: why does that old man always pay for his gas with quarters? Nobody knows for sure, but some say he’s counting down the years until he can finally afford cash. Others claim he’s saving up for a special occasion—maybe even planning to buy everyone in town coffee once he hits a whole dollar! But nobody has seen him spend more than four dollars’ worth of gas since forever ago.
2. At Estación de Servicio Ruta 20, every morning around sunrise, an old sign mysteriously changes its message. One day it read: ‘Gasoline prices dropped overnight—ask anyone leaving!’ One morning a delivery driver pulled up and asked curiously, ‘Anything special today?’ The sign now said: ‘Last tank of gas for sale—ask the guy filling up!’ A neighbor passing by laughed and replied, ‘That’s because he just bought the whole station!’
3. At Estación de Servicio Ruta 20, a regular once exclaimed, ‘Why is it always so windy here?’ And ever since then, on especially gusty days, customers swear they see someone waving from behind the gas pumps. One day, a delivery driver asked curiously, ‘Is that person waving always there, or just when it’s windy?’ On his next visit, he brought binoculars and spent hours scanning the pumps. Finally, exasperated, he declared, ‘It’s not a ghost—it’s a birdhouse!’ Ever since then, customers bring their own binoculars, hoping for an encore performance.
4. At Estación de Servicio Ruta 20, late one night, a delivery driver swears he heard someone whispering in Spanish from inside the empty gas station office. Curious, he peeked inside and saw only shadows dancing on the wall. Turns out, it was just his colleague, a delivery driver, practicing for an upcoming talent show. ‘I’m doing a monologue,’ he whispered back, ‘about how lonely it gets here at midnight.’ The two shared a laugh, and soon they were rehearsing together every evening, turning the gas station into a makeshift theater.