The proprietor of the gas station in Sidewinder. Hallorann goes to Durkin’s station to rent a snowmobile the night Danny uses the shining to call Hallorann to the Overlook Hotel to save Danny and Wendy from the hotel and Jack’s murderous rage. Durkin doesn’t like anything to do with the hotel, which has a bad reputation in Sidewinder, and he is suspicious of Hallorann; however, when Hallorann mentions Howard Cottrell’s name, Durkin changes his mind. He rents Hallorann a snowmobile and gives Hallorann his heavy parka and a ski-mask. Durkin says that Hallorann must “know things” the way Howard does and now believes Danny really is in trouble. Larry Durkin’s belief in Hallorann and Howard Cottrell’s ability to “shine” and see the future underscores King’s argument that people really can shine—in the form of intuition and instinct—and it is important to pay attention to such power.