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A day after a courier package was swiped from a Langley doorstep, it was returned Thursday, with note saying it was all part of a scavenger hunt.

"Okay so there you have your package returned original packaging unopened – I did not steal it – in fact it was all apart (sic) of some stupid scavenger Halloween thing," the note read.

"Enjoy the day. Thanks and again truly was a game not theft."

Courtney Thomas says she was dumbfounded by the explanation.

“I feel like that note, if nothing else, is proof that she learned a lesson and sees there’s repercussions to her actions and maybe will think twice. But I don’t buy that it was a scavenger hunt," Thomas told CTV.

Surveillance video caught the package being being taken on Wednesday.

A woman walked up to the porch and ran to a truck, with the package in hand.

"Theft is theft, regardless of whether it's a scavenger hunt or not. If you don't own it, it isn't legally in your possession," said RCMP Sgt. Alexandra Mulvihill.

"I would suspect the media and Facebook attention that has come as a result of the video certainly may have played into the end result of (Thomas) getting the package back."

– with files from CTV Vancouver