Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, this false rumor spread that mysterious entities supposedly purchased large quantities of candy just before Halloween.
in candy distributed to innocent trick-or-treaters, and with the current heightened fears of terrorist attacks, these types of rumors are bound to flourish. So, if an “Arab” is spotted purchasing large amounts of candy before Halloween, he’s going to be tagged as a potential “terrorist” out to poison our children.
[I]t would be premature to draw conclusions about the purchaser’s intent for the candy, which agents had not found by Friday night. She declined to describe the candy. Moreover, customers’ purchasing large amounts of candy that time of year was not necessarily so unusual by itself as to be cause for alarm, the Bergen Record reported. “[A] Costco official, who declined to be identified, said such large purchases from the chain of wholesale grocery and household goods stores are not uncommon.”
“We do not have any evidence that suggests that the purchases of these items was not for legitimate purposes,” said Sandra Carroll, an FBI spokesperson in Newark.Hackensack Police Chief Ken Zisa said since the purchase was legitimate, the man was allowed to keep the candy. It wasn’t known if he had sold it to retailers.
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