More than a week after OPP asked for help to identify a suspect who tried to lure a youth into a van in Calabogie, Ont., police now say the incident "did not happen."

On Aug. 30, OPP issued a media release saying a 12-year-old boy was biking home when he noticed a van parked on a path. The boy told police a man dressed in black and wearing a ski mask opened the van door and told him to, "Come here."

The boy told investigators that when he refused, the man came toward him and put his hand on his shoulder, police said. The boy pulled away and continued biking home but told police the man followed him in his van for a short time.

On Thursday, police said their investigation determined that the incident "did not happen" and that the file is closed.

Calabogie is about 100 kilometres west of Ottawa.