# So, about Predator (1987)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** movies\
**Created:** [April 23, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-predator-1987/963335 "2022-04-23T22:21:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dodgy\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7bcc69/32.png) [@Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dodgy_Dude)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-predator-1987/963335/1 "2022-04-23T22:21:16Z")

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“Did you find Hawkins?”

“I can’t tell.”

“Where the hell is his body?”

What exactly are we looking at on the ground in that scene?

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**Author:** ![Galactus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galactus/32/3581_2.png) [@Galactus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galactus)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-predator-1987/963335/2 "2022-04-23T22:28:33Z")

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He was gutted like an animal.

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-predator-1987/963335/3 "2022-04-23T22:31:52Z")

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I assumed it was a pile of their skin.

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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2022, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-about-predator-1987/963335/4 "2022-04-24T04:03:54Z")

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The predator ripped his backbone out.