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A 12-year-old boy is telling the Snohomish County Sheriff’s office that he concocted a story about a kidnapping attempt near Mariner High School.

The boy told police he made up the allegations that a 44-year-old man tried to kidnap him. The boy reported being in an apartment complex parking lot in the 12100 block of 4th Ave. W. and hearing a noise from the woods, which he thought might be an animal. He said he walked into the woods and found the man’s tent.

The boy reported opening the tent and seeing the man sleeping with a unicorn pillow. The boy also saw some dolls inside the tent. T...