To: "the Government knows" crowd
This is for those who think the Government knows about Bigfoot and is keeping it quiet I have a Question:
Scenario: A person is hunting a carrying a cell phone. They shoot Bigfoot and kill it. (Choose any reason you wish. Mistaken Identify, an act of self-defense or whatever).
1) They take pics of it and video with the cell phone.
2) They post the selfies on Facebook and various social media.
3) They call the cops and others
4) The cops show up.
At this point (a) everyone on social media is sharing the pics and vids (b) those who show up are regular cops and game warden types who just minutes before were worrying about someone having an updated fishing license or littering. At no time do these 'cops' know they are somehow supposed to know they are supposed to help the government keep Bigfoot quiet.
5) While these local cops sort things out, the videos and pics on social media continue like wildfire.
6) These guys fill out a report and call DNR type people as well as a coroner. Who knows, maybe even the state university to see if there is some primates expect who can come down.
My Question: What actions could the "Government" take to put the horse back in the barn in this example?
I am suggesting any effort- even if such a government wanted to silence the story- is too late. There really isn't anything in my story problem that is unrealistic. In fact, I think I am even making any steps the government would need to do to silence the story to be much easier than it actually would be.
Please tell me how the Government keeps things quiet in this scenario.