Triangle resident says neighborhood received Christmas Eve message from KKK

The notes, meant to recruit members, were placed in plastic bags, along with rocks and a few KKK business cards, and distributed throughout the Hillandale neighborhood in Wake County.

"And, for whatever reason, they put peppermints in there," resident Mike Chandler said.

Chandler found the bag in his driveway on the morning of Dec. 24. He said his wife drove around the neighborhood and found many other homes with the bags in their driveways.

"It's a little bit disconcerting. I've been here 33, going on 34, years, never had anything like this come here before," he said.

Among other things, the flier says “white pride doesn’t mean hate,” but many residents said they believe the KKK stands for hate.

Chandler said he’s sure none of his neighbors support the message on the fliers.

“The folks that we’ve known here over the course of time, most everybody is kind, concerned for their neighbors, good Christian people and I don’t think they’d respond well to it at all,” he said.

Tessie Harris did not find a flyer at her home, but agreed that the KKK's message was not appropriate for the neighborhood.

"We have children, so we would prefer that people who have messages of hate find a way to deal with it instead of trying to spread their ideas to other people who do not believe in what they believe in," she said.

There are eight chapters of the KKK in North Carolina and the Southern Poverty Law Center categorizes recognizes the organization as a hate group.

It was not clear how many flyers were distributed throughout the Wake County neighborhood.