There’s a fake Buc-ee’s in the Middle East

SAN ANTONIO (KTSA News) –Somebody has found the famous Buc-ee’s beaver a long way from home.

Texan Maurice Chammah, a writer for the Marshall Project, was driving on a highway north of Amman, Jordan when he spotted the famous logo with Buc-ee’s beaver mascot on a sign outside a store, complete with a carwash.

He posted a photo on twitter and wrote, “I have so many questions.” Chammah got someone to translate some of the Arabic words on the Buc-ee’s sign, which turned out to be “market,” “coffee,” and “snacks.”

The news about a Buc-ee’s in the Middle East came as quite a surprise to the owner of the convenience store chain based in Lake Jackson, Texas. Arch “Beaver” Aplin III told Texas Monthly it’s “unbelievable.”

Buc-ee’s has more than 30 stores in Texas, and the only one outside the Lone Star State is no further east than Alabama.

Fellow Texans:

I was driving on a highway north of Amman, Jordan, and found a…Buc-ee’s. Or at least, a place claiming to be Buc-ee’s.

I have so many questions.

cc: @katerodemann, @elbenson , @mccullarmebad, @pamelacolloff, @MicahHauser pic.twitter.com/s1lrZ4dLcj

— Maurice Chammah (@MauriceChammah) May 29, 2019