Would you go to the police, or would you hide the body?

[ChronoGrl]

A pretty common trope in horror movies... You and your friends are out having a good time and then, Oops!! either by some kind of elaborate but poorly-conceived prank OR through just sheer accident - someone dies.

What do you do?

Do you call the police, at the risk of punishment, jail time, and reputation ruin?

or

Do you hide the body?

Keep in mind your current location and situation - Maybe you live conveniently close to a coal mine, cliff or bog... Or maybe you don't. Maybe you're friends with the Chief of Police (or are blowing him under his desk)... Or maybe you won't.

What would you do?

[ferretchucker]

I've always thought they're idiots for covering up. To be honest, it isn't the risk of further punishment when it is discovered that I was lying that would force me to turn myself in, but just the fact that the family deserve to know.

[neverending]

I would go to the police. I'm not guilty of anything.


And you mean what's the WORST that could happen.

[FreddyMyers]

I hid the body....I ment uhh i would hide the body. I mean what is the worst that could happen? Right?

[Posher778]

I wouldn't have to choose because i'd be the unlucky one who dies XD

[AMICUS HORROR]

Last year I hide the body, so far so good.:rolleyes:

[fuglystick]

You'd be a fucking idiot to hide the body.

That's why that option is only utilized in the movies or by real life morons.

[ChronoGrl]

And you mean what's the WORST that could happen.

SIGH - Yes. :o

...

I think that I would tell the police... While I'd like to say "it's the honorable thing to do..." "their family has a right to know..." Quite frankly, I don't think that I could possibly live with the guilt and the weight of the secret. So, for purely selfish reasons I would fess up...

Plus I have no idea where I'd dump the body near me... There's a nature conservation with a pond, so I suppose I could weigh it down... Then again, I also suppose that it would depend on where we accidentally killed them... If it's conveniently in an already-remote location, then that will definitely aid the cover-up. But if, say, it happened in my apartment - I have two sets of neighbors in my building plus other apartments and houses nestled pretty close to me... We'd have to chop up the body first for easy transport... And I'm not sure if we own the appropriate tools. I have a hatchet, but that might be too small for the job...

[Caenxavier]

Loot the body then call the police.

Don't hide it unless you want a meat hook in your eye.

[bloody_ribcut]

i'd pack the body up in a garbage bag and drag it into the police station, then slam it on a detective's desk saying, "i found this".

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

hide the body, I don't need that noise.

[ChronoGrl]

hide the body, I don't need that noise.

Any place close by where you could stash it?

[The Mothman]

Just bury it super deep in the woods. No one will ever find that shit.

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

I would think a bog would do nicely.

[cheebacheeba]

It really depends on the situation, who you were with, how many people are aware that you're with the person and all that - so lets say none of that came into play and it was pure choice without having to worry about outside factors like that.

If I was not guilty (sheer accident) and the persons death had nothing to do with anything I'd directly done, given them or touched, I'd leave everything as it was and yes I'd report it to the police and talk to the family in question.

My pranks are more annoying than dangerous so this scenario wouldn't really come into play for me.

Lets say I killed someone?
If it was accidental, though blame could be attributed to me and the result would be losing the quality of my life and the ability to proceed as usual...or, if I'd actually murdered someone, I would bury the body somewhere secluded until I'd collected myself, I would revisit the area late at night with an axe, dismember the body, fill the grave with caustic soda or hydrochloric acid, maybe borax or something like that, fill in the grave and go.
I'd probably inform the family anonymously, and carefully.

[roshiq]

I'd go to the police.


but what if the police show up & offer you a deal & wanted to 'help you' to hide the body or mislead/destroying all the evidence & turn the whole matter into a complete different direction...then what will you do??:D

[psycho d]

Never hide the body, always hide the pieces...
g

[ferretchucker]

Just bury it super deep in the woods. No one will ever find that shit.

You forget those pesky early morning joggers. They ALWAYS find the bodies. Coincidence?

[wufongtan.]

That's why you always have a black friend around. If something like this happens. Just point the po po in his direction. presto. Problem solved.

[Doc Faustus]

I'd hide the body in the woods, then go jogging in the morning, find it and call the police.

[ProfondoXxRosso]

Youre not all there if somebody you know dies by accident and you try to cover it up...

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

Youre not all there if somebody you know dies by accident and you try to cover it up...

like accidentally shooting the person because you thought they were a bear
or accidentally pushing the person off a cliff
or accidentally driving over them with a car?

[Elvis_Christ]

I am the police and I ate the body

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

I am the police and I ate the body

I want to be a cannibalistic, corrupt cop.

[ChronoGrl]

I would think a bog would do nicely.

There are bogs in Canada?

[X¤MurderDoll¤X]

There are bogs in Canada?

I sure hope so.