When I was living in Ohio, a motorist reported to the Ohio State Patrol that there was a dead black bear on a certain state highway. Well, EVERYONE knew there were no black bears in Ohio, so the guy was laughed off.
Very, very annoyed he drove back, loaded the dead bear in his pickup, drove back to the OSP station and dumped the carcass in the parking lot. He then went in and told the cops and then went home.
The cops called the Fish & Game people, who assured them that it was, indeed, a dead black bear. F&G, however, did not remove dead animals.... It was July...and it took three days to find someone who would remove the dead bear from the copshop lot.