The rumor was quickly addressed — and dispelled — by the city last week.

“Some say if you whisper ‘Buc-ee’s’ three times at sunset, a beaver appears with a brisket sandwich. That’s about as real as the Texas-sized rumor going around. Should that ever change, we’ll let you know,” Spanish Fork City said via Facebook.

Spanish Fork spokesperson Jack Urquhart said Monday he isn’t sure how the rumor originally started, though the city heard plenty about it following the KSL broadcaster’s announcement.

“Nobody here at the city knows anything about it, from the city manager to the mayor to the director of community development,” Urquhart said. “We haven’t been approached by Buc-ee’s. We haven’t had a conversation with them. We would be open to a conversation with them; we’d love that.”

He added that even after Spanish Fork responded to the rumor, more speculation followed, as people claimed Buc-ee’s had spoken to Spanish Fork but the city couldn’t make it work.

“That didn’t happen,” Urquhart said.

Another rumor Urquhart heard is that Buc-ee’s is actually being built in Springville. Is there any truth to that? “Maybe (there) is, we don’t know,” Urquhart said.

In a request for comment, Springville Community Development deferred to a city spokesperson, who did not immediately respond Monday afternoon.

Based on recent developments, though, a Buc-ee’s in Utah does not seem so far-fetched.

Last year, Buc-ee’s opened in Colorado near Fort Collins, and the travel center recently broke ground on a new store in Goodyear, Arizona. Other reports say Buc-ee’s is considering building in Meridian, Idaho.

The mega convenience store started in Texas in 1983 and first expanded outside the Lone Star state in 2019 with a location in Alabama. It has gained popularity for its mega-sized stores, clean bathrooms, barbecue sandwiches and brand apparel, according to Southern Living.