Jim. Age 65, looks 70. Lived in a small rural town with one local gas station. It was a small convenience store with 2 gas pumps available. He has been a regular at this gas station for 40 years. Jim was truck Driver for Walmart. Smoked a pack of John Player Blue Kingsize cigarettes daily. He was 5’8” with salt and pepper hair and a scraggly grey beard with yellow stains. He always had a dreary facial expression, you can tell he was not phased by anything. However, if you really got talking to him, he was extremely opinionated when it comes to politics.

Jim drove a rusty 1989 Chevrolet Truck. He bought it brand new back then and has been changing the oil and doing the annual maintenance himself for over 20 years. Jim wasn’t a mechanic, he just didn’t want to pay anyone to do work on his truck because he was confident he could do it himself. You could never be sure if the truck would actually turn on when you turned the key in the ignition, and when you did, it made 2-4 ‘chugging’ noises before it got going.

Jim was smoking a cigarette when he was filling up his gas one day and blew up the local gas station. Jim was killed in the explosion.

The plot of land remained empty for about 5 years. During that time, there were 7 accidents reported. Each accident involved a Chevrolet Silverado. The accidents happened at night. They reported seeing an old Chevrolet truck stopped right in front of them as they were on their local highway. They said that it was too late by the time they even saw the break lights. Each truck spun out and rolled into the ditch right where the old gas station used to be. Even though each person reported seeing the same thing, there was no damage on their Chevrolet trucks that suggested another vehicle has been involved.

Finally, the small town started to become more industrial and modern over those five years leading to more businesses and opportunities for the locals to work. Circle K purchased the land and build a brand new gas station right where the old one once stood.

Now, those who have older Chevrolet trucks (trucks that existed while Jim was still alive) report having issues with their vehicles while they are at the new Circle K gas station, and they report having issues afterwards. After they fill up their gas, their trucks make awful chugging noises when they turn the key in the ignition. Some trucks don’t won’t start at all, they’ve had to tow trucks to the local mechanic many times. Once it’s there, it starts with no issues. Many have also reported that their engine oil had turned black just from getting gas there, even if they had it recently changed.

The town has grown quite quickly over 5 years, but the locals who have been there for a long time know exactly what’s going on… and they definitely won’t be getting a Chevrolet truck any time soon.