Inspired by Edward Hopper

The Haunted Gas Station

            It’s October 31, 2015, and fall is in the hair in Springfield Missouri. The leaves are falling and it’s a crisp night and Halloween is as creepy as ever. Everyone is getting in the spirit, having parties, trick or treating, haunted houses, scary movies and the works. There is a boy sitting at home though… nothing to do and he’s trying to figure out something amazingly terrifying to do on this spooky night. This boy’s name is Sean, and Sean has been doing Halloween for 18 years of his life and has done it all. He’s tired of lame parties, and he’s too old to trick or treat, so he sits there pondering his decisions… he thinks for several minutes… then he conjures up a great idea. One of the best that he’s had. One that’ll affect his future for a while. This is going to be the night of nights.

            Sean knows of a haunted gas station in

Holltown Missouri. He decides that he will go check it out with his best friend James. James is the same age and has been Sean’s best friend for 8 years. Sean tells the plan to James and he thinks it’s a great plan. They’d go to get something to eat around 9 then head out to Holltown to check out this gas station. The plan so a go and both boys were excited to see what might happen.

            So the boys got ready, got some food and started for Holltown. They were starting to get kind of nervous, but they were alright for now. They were acting out scenarios in the truck on the way there and saying how they were going to be all macho and tough and not scared if they actually do end up seeing something. They were being boys, they were being cocky and very stupid, but they’re boys so it’s okay.

            They pulled off of the highway to some old country road. The road was creepy, totally pitch black behind them and the only light was the head lights in front of them. They were getting more and more anxious. The closer they got the more nervous they got. Sean pulled the truck on to another country road, they suddenly came to an old iron bridge. They crossed slowly, seeing nothing but darkness around them, suspecting to see some figure in the distance.

            After they pulled off of the bridge they saw the gas station. Their hearts were beating out of their chests. It was safe to say that they were scared. They stopped at the front of the station… they sat there, waiting. They weren’t going to get out, it’s too dark for that. It was quiet and there was nothing until… they saw a white fog appear at a window in the front of the station. They couldn’t believe what they were seeing. There palms began to sweat and they couldn’t move and inch. The fog turned into a human figure. The figure was all white and transparent. The figure moved through the wall of the front of the building and started for the truck. The boys still couldn’t move… they tried to move their body but all they could move was their heads. The figure crossed the front of the truck and stared at them the whole time. They saw that the figure was a gas station attendant but lifeless. It reached for the door and moved the handle. The door clattered and didn’t open. The boys were filled with fear.

            All of a sudden they could move, the figure back up a few steps and

Sean jumped for the gear shift, and flung it into drive and made the tires spin and got out of there. The boys talked about it the whole way home, trying to figure out why it let them go and how they even got out of there. They would have a story to tell everyone forever.