Person Who Left Dolls on Little Girls Porches Not a Huge Creep After All

TIME Living weird Person Who Left Dolls on Little Girls Porches Not a Huge Creep After All A combination photo showing two of the porcelain dolls found on doorsteps of numerous residences in the Talega community of San Clemente, Calif., July 24, 2014. Oragne County Sheriff's Department/Reuters Each doll resembled a little girl who lived in the house

There are few things spookier than opening your front door and finding a porcelain doll that looks like your young daughter, but thats exactly what happened to eight families in a Southern California town.

Many residents were freaked out by the dolls, and thought there could be some kind of stalker on the loose. Im actually thinking the worst, like someone creepy watching our children and Im actually pretty scared about it, Mary Robin Baziak told NBC Southern California. (Someone) found a China doll on her stop that looked like her daughter.

The dolls, which started appearing on doorsteps in San Clemente on June 16, had initially stumped police. But the Orange County Sheriffs Department announced Thursday that theyve identified the person responsible as a woman who went to church with some of the families and didnt mean any harm. Investigators have concluded that her motivation was out of goodwill and that she intended it as a kind gesture, the Sheriffs Department said in a press release.

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Person Who Left Dolls on Little Girls Porches Not a Huge Creep After All