Arco

About this location

A few stories people tell about this place

1. At night, when the Arco gas station was quiet, a strange glow would occasionally appear near the pumps. One evening, a little boy walking home from school noticed it and pointed excitedly at the flickering light. "Dad, look! What's that?" The father squinted into the darkness. ‘Just some old neon sign, son,’ he said dismissively. But as they approached, the glow seemed to follow them, growing brighter with each step. Finally, the delivery driver, who happened to be passing by, chuckled and shook his head. ‘That’s just our new security lamp, kids. It scares away the mice.’ Everyone laughed, and soon the family forgot all about it—until next time someone saw the same eerie light again.

2. At midnight, while filling up his truck, a delivery driver swore he saw an old man refueling a ghostly car. Curious, the driver approached the car and asked if he needed help. The old man turned around with a twinkle in his eye and replied, ‘Just topping off, sonny!’ Then, as he drove away, everyone noticed that his license plate read ‘Ghostly-1’. The whole town laughed it off, but from then on, whenever someone filled up at Arco late at night, they’d wave and say, ‘Good evening, Mr. Ghost!’

3. Have you ever noticed how sometimes the same old gas pump can seem like it’s watching you? Well, that’s what people started saying around Arco one summer afternoon. One day, a delivery driver named Alex decided to test if the pump was really staring. He pretended to scratch his head and look away, but the nozzle seemed to follow him across the lot. Everyone laughed when he told the story, including the usually quiet neighbor who swore she’d seen the same thing happen to her dog earlier that week.

4. Late one evening, as a delivery driver filled up his truck, something odd caught his eye—an old sign above the pumps seemed to sway slightly in the breezeless air. Curious, he glanced around but saw no one else nearby. Just then, an owl hooted softly from the nearby tree, and the sign twitched again. The delivery driver shook his head, laughed it off, and finished pumping gas. As he drove away, he noticed the same sign waving goodbye, like an old friend wistfully saying ‘see you later’.