What the hell happened to the eggs?

Possible.

For the sake of avoiding nightmares I've decided not to watch.

Since snake is ruled out - how about old Ukrainian woman? I had an elderly Ukrainian lady as a neighbor in Brooklyn and she would always tell me how she missed fresh duck eggs for breakfast.

Old Ukranian woman and velociraptor are tied for most likely candidates thus far.

I have to leave. I'll check back in the morning and see if anyone came up with a plausible answer.

(a more plausible answer)

I have an idea:

Go buy some eggs (chicken will do for convenience), put them in the nest (I assume it is still there), sprinkle a layer of flour around the nest and wait to see if the predator comes back. If the predator returns you will see an impression of it's track in the flour. The imprint of large sensible shoes will prove it's an old Ukrainian woman.

Aha! As Holmes would say "The game's afoot!"


(Kicky, if you're still about, there's a lady looking for you in the Trivia forum)

Good thinking, GW. And then when the old Ukrainian woman comes around to your door next week selling some of these....well, you'll have all the proof you'll need.

Oh no, I was afraid of this. L and I were driving back from Florida when two semis collided head-on, the Interstate became a parking lot so we took off cross country on the two-lanes and got hopelessly lost. We drove for hours without any sign of a town or a place to stop for a meal. Finally, in desperation we stopped at this little farmhouse next to a patio and a small lake, hoping we could buy something to stave off our famishment, but no one was home.

I walked around back with the thought that perhaps the owners were down by the lake and there I found a wild duck's nest with eight lovely eggs in it. Looking around to see if anyone was in sight, there wasn't, I swept up the orbs in two hands and clutched the clutch to my breast. Racing back to the car I shouted, "We've saved."

A few miles down the road there was a picnic grounds and there we made a fire. The frying pan was brought out of the trunk and, miracles of miracles, my sweetie was holding out on me, she have about a half a pound of swiss cheese and a small jar of chipolte salsa.

The omelettes were delicious.

Joe(Yeggs! Off the beaten track)Nation

I'm sure it was a woman who took the eggs.
Eggs are a good source of dried albumen
which sometimes is used for cosmetic
enhancement purposes. So, gustav, look
closely at all the older women in the neighborhood,
and the one who has the freshest teint, probably took the eggs.

The freshest teint!?!

I demand a blood test on gus to see if he's the culprit that ate all them eggs - whole.

teint = complexion

I think they've hatched. No other explanation seems feasible.

Good to see you too Gus.

Good to see there is at least one clear-thinking person on this thread. Check out the pond and see whether there isn't a mamma duck swimming about, with a little flock of duckling swiming right behind her.

Steve Irwin.

Gator?

Gus stated there were no egg shells. After a hatching the shells are left behind.

The duck is a budding magician, and was practicing making things disappear. She then realized she didn't know the trick to make them reappear, and promptly decided to follow them through the vortex.

Drew(Thanks Warner Bros.; I always knew that Daffy cartoon would somehow be useful)Dad

Yo(I'm sure she's a nice lady)Mama

I say we examine his feces.
Egg shell doesn't completely break down in the human stomach.
neither does bone.

we'll catch him..