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Parents in Sacramento were a little concerned over a suspicious white van in their neighbourhood with the words ‘Free Candy’ painted on the side. Anjali Hemphill reports.

Parents in Natomas, Sacramento were a little nervous when they noticed a white van with the words “Free Candy” painted on the side in their neighbourhood.

Lawrence Bellow, 12, noticed a suspicious vehicle parked outside his home this week covered in red handprints that looked like blood and the words “Free Candy” written on the side of it.

“It looked too fake to be true, but I didn’t want to get a closer look for sure. I was kind of nervous about it,” Bellow said to KOVR News, “I didn’t know what was going on so I just wanted to get evidence in case anything happened.”

Bellow’s mom said she had noticed the van a day before at a Walmart and couldn’t believe it was now on her street.

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“It had handprints in red and it almost looked like… blood honestly; it just looked like the handprints were dripping down,” she said to KOVR News. Tweet This

“It just felt like they were trying to track kids and it just gave me a creepy feeling,” she added.

The van also had blacked out windows and no licence plate.

Word of the white car made its way online with people becoming concerned of the owner’s motives.

However, it turned out the “Free Candy” van was all a joke.

KOVR News spoke to Sierra Deblonk, a family friend of the person who owns the car. Deblonk told the station the owner of the vehicle was on his way to Nevada’s Burning Man festival that takes place annually.

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The website describes the event is described as “a temporary metropolis dedicated to community, art, self-expression, and self-reliance.”

“It’s nice to know that if was there actually a creepy white van around that people would be taking notice of that,” Deblonk added.