Mystery man handing out cash at gas stations

BRANDON — Customers at a Mobil gas station on Bloomingdale Avenue say they got cash from a well-dressed mystery man while filling up at the pump, according to a store receptionist.

Two public, a male cabbie and a woman driver, reported receiving cash from a man wearing a shirt and tie. The woman told clerks at the Mobil station, 936 E Bloomingdale Ave., she received $55.  One customer refused the money.

The man hopped in a pickup truck and drove off

around 8:45 a.m.

According to the MJ radio show on WFLZ-93.3 FM, callers additionally reported the same thing happening at a St. Petersburg-area RaceTrac gas station. Reached that dawn, clerks at several RaceTrac stations in St. Petersburg said their customers are abuzz with the prospect, although no one has seen the man.

– Casey Cora, Times staff writer

Have you seen the mystery donor? Let us know. Send an newsletter to ccora@sptimes.com

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