About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. One morning, while filling up at Shell, a delivery driver noticed something strange—an eerie humming sound seemed to come from inside the gas pump itself. Curious, he opened the pump’s lid and peered inside. To his surprise, there was just an old radio tuned to some distant station, playing a scratchy version of ‘Shell Rock’ from the 80s. The other drivers laughed it off as a prank by a local DJ, but our delivery guy swears he saw a wink from the petrol attendant when no one else was around.
2. While pumping gas one night, an old man muttered under his breath, ‘I swear I saw that same pump smile at me.’ The next day, everyone in town started noticing odd expressions on the pumps. Soon enough, Shell’s entire fleet of pumps seemed to wear different faces—some grinning, others scowling, and a few even winking flirtatiously. One morning, a delivery driver complained that he felt like arguing with a particularly surly-looking pump. By afternoon, half the town was involved in friendly debates with their gas stations. It turned out Shell had just installed new LED displays, but nobody cared anymore—they were too busy laughing and saying hello to their favorite pumps.
3. In the early dawn, when most stations were quiet, a young intern noticed something peculiar on the Shell sign—it kept flickering between two different times of day. Curious, she mentioned it to an old delivery driver who chuckled and said, ‘That’s no ordinary clock, kid—just Shell’s way of saying “open twenty-four/seven.”’ The story became a local joke among neighbors, and whenever someone asked if the time changed again, everyone would just smile and nod knowingly.
4. At midnight, as a lone attendant locked up Shell for the night, he heard it—a soft humming coming from inside the station's bathroom. Curious, he crept towards the door. The hum grew louder, then a voice whispered, ‘Fill me up, pretty please?’ Turned out, an old teddy bear had fallen into the toilet and was stuck there, singing along to some long-forgotten song.