The man behind BPGlobalPR revealed himself (sort of) today with a poignant essay published in Gizmodo.

But behind the laughs is, obviously, a serious situation. A contract worker for BP took the New York Daily News on a tour this week of the Louisiana coast — a tour that was not only not sanctioned by BP, but outright opposed.

The Daily News reports that one member of their news team was escorted off a public beach by police officers who said their orders came from BP. The oil company denied the claim.

The official stats released by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Deepwater Horizon Unified Command document 612 dead birds, 278 dead sea turtles, and 31 dead mammals (including dolphins) as of today. Those stats only count animals that have washed up on the shore however — any oil-spill deaths in the water remain undocumented.

But the anonymous contractor told the Daily News that "there is a lot of coverup for BP. They specifically informed us that they don't want these pictures of the dead animals," as he showed reporters a dolphin carcass that had washed up on Queen Bess Island. He said the animal was seeping oil when he found it.

Such a scene was in stark contrast to the the one President Obama saw when he visited the coast to survey clean-up efforts last week, where scores of workers (no masks makes for a better PR photo) assured him of their determination.

The contractor, who reached out to the New York Daily News, says his motive was moral disgust. "When you see some of the things I've seen, it would make you sick. No living creature should endure that kind of suffering."