About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At night, when the pumps clicked softly in the quiet of the Mobil station, a strange humming began. A regular noticed it first—an eerie, almost musical tone that seemed to come from deep within the ground. Curious neighbors gathered around, trying to figure out where the sound was coming from. Eventually, an old delivery driver suggested they were hearing the ghostly echoes of Soviet oil trucks from the Cold War era. Everyone laughed and agreed it must be true—after all, who else would drive through here these days? The humming continued for weeks until one morning, it stopped as suddenly as it had begun. Since then, locals joke that the spirits of long-gone tankers finally found their way home.
2. At closing time, when the last pump clicked off at the Mobil station, a delivery driver always asked the same question: ‘Do you ever hear that sound?’ One night, an old neighbor stopped by and joked, ‘I thought I heard ghosts whistling outside!’ The delivery driver smiled and replied, ‘That’s just our special Mobil spirit singing.’ As they both laughed, the gas station sign flickered ominously, but everyone knew it was just another late-night prank.
3. In the early morning fog, when most gas stations were still asleep, a delivery driver pulled up to the Mobil station. The attendant, long gone home, left only a note saying ‘Fill ’er up and help yourself.’ The delivery driver filled his tank and noticed a small jar on the counter with a sign reading ‘Donations for local school.’ He smiled, added a few dollars, and wrote on a scrap of paper: ‘Thanks for keeping our town running!’ As he drove off into the misty dawn, a neighbor passing by saw him and muttered, ‘That’s just like old Mobil—always helping out without anyone noticing.’
4. At dawn, when the first rays of sun barely touched the Mobil station, a delivery driver asked curiously: ‘Why does the gas pump always say “Welcome back” to no one?’ A nearby resident overheard and smiled, saying, ‘It’s because every morning it sees your smiling face, and it knows you’re dependable.’ The delivery driver shrugged, laughing softly, as he thought maybe his old friend the gas pump was just happy to see him too.