[Mr.Buttocks]

Originally Posted by c312

I'm not sure, but remember when the Others stole the people from Eko and Ana Lucia's group? The guy who infiltrated their group said that they wanted to take the "good" people. Maybe the smoke (they called it a security system) was looking through Eko's memory to see if he was good or bad? Maybe the Others wanted the "good" people so that they wouldn't get caught by the security system?

That's a possibility. On the [url=http://www.thehansofoundation.org/:eeeaf]Hanso Foundation[/url:eeeaf] website it lists "Quest for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence" as one of the Hanso Foundation's projects, so I'm not ruling and alien explanation. It could be anything. oOo: