A disturbing Ring camera video from central Pennsylvania shows a mysteriously dressed person leaving an empty box. What does it mean?

The story, which revolves around an unknown individual donning a handmade mask made from a paper plate, has made headlines in recent days, both in the York area and at the national level. In an initial press release,

The mask the person is wearing appears to be made of a large paper plate with a face drawn on it and construction paper taped like flower petals. They announce they’ve left the box as a gift for the homeowners before the video ends. Police reported the box left on the doorstep was empty.

A person wearing a handmade paper mask who identified themselves as ‘the box demon’ recently paid an unsettling visit to a Pennsylvania home.

Police in Pennsylvania released doorbell camera video in the search for a suspicious person wearing a mask who left an empty box on a homeowner's door and identified themselves as the "Box Demon."