The predator situation was finally brought out in the open and verified by Aaron. Under "YKPinballer said" this is not me speaking for myself, I was translating his posts into understandable points and he then clarified and commented point by point. You can see the whole development in the official skit-b predator discussion thread starting around page 69ish. Thought it was newsworthy so posting this where people will notice.
Just read the original post here:
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/the-official-pinside-skit-b-predator-discussion/page/70#post-2324905