Jimmy John’s Makes Daily Gargantuan Delivery to Marilla Park

                If you are like us, you were thrilled when Jimmy John’s finally opened it’s doors to serve the Streator community. Freaky fresh, freaky fast subs delivered to your door in itself is worthy of a paranormal investigation, however that is not the angle to this story (but perhaps another one). As much as we all enjoy the subs, it seems one Streator “citizen” enjoys them a bit more than the rest of us. How much more you ask? How about a daily delivery of the whopping 16 inch gargantuan.

                The customer in question is no ordinary customer, at the very least he is a very elusive and seemingly impossible to track down. “I have a hard time even finding him, usually I just place the sandwich on the picnic tables and leave.” The delivery driver said. “Vary rarely do I even catch a glimpse of him, but I know he is there. I can feel him watching me.”

                You might ask yourself, what kind of customer orders such a massive sub-sandwich on the daily? Well thanks to Streator Mysteries’ stake out, we were able to get those answers. What you are about to read is our firsthand account of one of these daily dashes to Marilla park.

                We first spent the first four hours sitting in an unmarked vehicle along side the park equipment, just waiting for that nightly delivery to come along. Unfortunately for us, this was one of the foggiest nights the town has ever seen, the air desnse and still, and there was no sounds of nature in the background.  We knew we were in for a paranormal night. For the next hour we sat in silence, scanning the tree line for movement, which was always just out of the corner of our eye. Something was living rent free in our peripheral vision, that much is for sure. Before long our tummies and bladder got the best of us, and we needed to make a quick run to Wal-Mart.

                We thought we were only gone for a few minutes, but admittedly the claw machine by the self check out got the best of us. Distractions aside we rushed back down to the park to resume our patrol. Barely able to make out the road in front of us, our heart jumped as we approached the opening to Marilla Park. As we were turning in, the Jimmy John’s delivery driver was pulling out, our mind raced as we wondered if we possibly missed our change of confronting the mysterious customer.

                Though our windows were up, we immediately hit with an overwhelming smell, we knew it was close. We pulled the car to the side of the road and jumped out, leaving the vehicle’s lights on, as we dashed to the meeting spot. Nothing could prepare us for what we were about see…

                It was enormous, like nothing we had ever seen before. At first we though it must have been closer than it was due to it’s size, but as our eyes adjusted we could tell just how big it really was. It was absolutely massive! The Gargantuan had at LEAST 5 meats! We were able to spot salami, ham, roast beef, turkey, and what appeared to be capicola, though it was hard to tell in the dim moonlight. The sandwich was overloaded with juicy lettuce and tomatoes, freshly cut onions, provolone cheese with mayonnaise generously drizzled over it.

                The customer gripped the sandwich tightly as we were distracted by a loud roar, it was no doubt his stomach as it anticipated the delicious meal he was holding. The hungry customer glanced in our direction and slowly began to waltz back into the trees, but not before we were able to snatch a no doubt legendary photo that will be talked about for years to come. The customer faded into the treeline, and with him the overwhelming smell of delicious food began to dissipate into the distance.

                Jimmy John’s does offer drinks, cookies, brownies, and chips for sides, not than any of them are needed with a sub of that size! We don’t know how much the customer spent on his enormous meal, but we do know that smells are free, so we elected to end our investigation for the night and visit the Streator Jimmy Johns.  As for the mysterious customer, he remains as illusive as ever. In the end, the real mystery was the friends we made along the way.

Update: Streator Jimmy John’s store manager, who simply identified herself as “Amanda” (Kind of like Cher) recently responded to our request for a statement. She Claims not to have any knowledge of a daily delivery to the park, and has never heard of such a customer. One is left to wonder, how far exactly this cover up goes, perhaps all the way to Jimmy John himself!

                Streator Mysteries is a nonprofit paranormal journalist organization. Our stories are based on independent investigations, anonymous sources, and eye witness accounts, thus should be taken with a grain (or shaker) of salt. For legal reasons we consider ourselves a “parody” news source, but the truth is out there if you are willing to look for it. Streator Mysteries, answering the questions nobody is asking.