This would be a copy guy with interesting tales...

[HenryT2]

it would be if he did not have to kill us
after telling us his story

OR ..... as I've also heard " If I told you, I would have to kill you ! SO .
Why don't I just give you a HINT and then beat the crap out of you ! "

[Shadow1]

I doubt they were that dumb, just not something they though of being a security threat. Nobody wanted to poke their fingers inside the monster. There's also the possibility they eventually discovered it and used it to feed us false information.