About this location
A few stories people tell about this place
1. At nightfall, as customers were gathering their groceries in IGA’s parking lot, an elderly gentleman began noticing something peculiar on the store’s PA system. Each day, without fail, a deep voice would announce, ‘Remember to pick up your lucky charm today—it might just bring you good fortune!’ One day, a delivery driver mentioned casually that he heard it was actually the owner’s parrot repeating phrases from old fortune cookies. Soon enough, everyone started coming for ‘lucky charms’—not realizing they were just random trinkets from the lost-and-found bin. The whole town ended up laughing over free goodies and friendly banter until someone finally asked if they could adopt the talking bird.
2. One morning, while stocking shelves at IGA, a young employee noticed something odd on the cereal aisle: boxes of Corn Flakes seemed to be rearranging themselves into shapes that looked like tiny animals. Curious, she followed the pattern until a little bird appeared—made from dozens of open boxes. Just then, her supervisor called out, ‘Hey, you! Stop playing with breakfast and get back to work!’ Turns out it was just the morning breeze causing the boxes to dance.
3. At closing time, when the last cashier locked up IGA, a delivery driver swore he saw a shadowy figure wheeling empty shopping baskets around the deserted aisles. Curious, the driver followed the eerie sight until he stumbled upon an old lady gently arranging expired coupons in the bread section. ‘I thought you were stealing,’ she giggled, waving her carton of milk. ‘Just making sure everything’s fresh for tomorrow morning,’ she added with a wink.
4. At closing time, when the last cashier locked up IGA, a delivery driver swore he saw a ghostly figure pushing a shopping cart down the aisles. The delivery driver told everyone not to worry—it was just an old man in a hooded sweatshirt, minding his own business and humming along to some radio show. Turned out, he lived next door and used to shop there late at night for his favorite snacks. Now, whenever someone mentions seeing a ghost, everyone just waves it off with a smile—‘Oh, that’s probably our friendly neighborhood shopper.’