You know how ever since the 1980s, X-Ray technicians have offered to screen their neighborhood trick-or-treaters' loot just in case some psychopath wanted to kill kids by inserting foreign objects into candy? And you know how when you were a kid you never actually got your candy screened and you were always fine? And you know how even Snopes.com says that whole thing is almost always a myth? Well, this week, for one kid in Ohio, it appears to have been true.According to The Columbus Dispatch a 14-year-old girl in Reynoldsburg told police on Thursday night that she bit into a Snickers bar she collected during an outing for one of Ohio's "Beggars Nights" (their regional version of trick-or-treating, which seems to span multiple days). The razor blade was small, police said, like something you would find in a disposable razor.The teen wasn't hurt.Since the girl was a teen, she might traditionally be perceived as untrustworthy around Halloween, as VICE has previously documented. Much like the teens in Pennsylvania who deliberately framed a man in 1969 for supposedly putting razor blades in apples.But Reynoldsburg Police Lieutenant Shane Mauger, who spoke to the Dispatch, went out of his way to emphasize that he thinks this was true. For what it's worth, he said that the officer who examined the candy was a 30-year veteran, and bought into the girl's story fully.Police are investigating where the razor came from, and currently have not announced a suspect. If it really wasn't a hoax cooked up by the anonymous teen, it could have been an individual at home, someone working in a local store, or something that happened further up the candy supply chain.Still, according to Mauger, you shouldn't freak out, even if you're in Ohio. "What we have right now is an isolated incident," he told The Dispatch.Follow Mike Pearl on Twitter.
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