WACO (November 28, 2009)--Baylor police are investigating a hoax letter that was left under doormats at scores of campus-area houses and apartments Saturday morning, claiming that Baylor University would be taking over the property in the near future.

The letter, which bears a Baylor letterhead, says, “This letter is to inform you that the new Baylor University football stadium will be built on this location. This $255 million dollar project is for all of Baylor University students, alumni, staff, faculty and families of the greater Waco community. The attached maps show the property that is going to be used. This house is located within the property intended for construction."

The letter goes on to say that surveyors would inspect homes to estimate value and that Baylor would eventually purchase the properties for the project, which the letter said would begin in March 2010.

Baylor said the claims in letter are "absolutely false" and that such plans are in the works.

Baylor police officers were going door to door in an area bounded by South 12th Street and University Parks Drive and Interstate 35 and La Salle Avenue, collecting the hoax letters and talking to residents.

Officers collected 232 letters during the neighborhood canvass, Baylor said.

Baylor issued a statement saying, "The University was not involved in the distribution of the notices or the effort that they describe.

Police are investigating the matter."