"There's something out there waiting for us, and it ain't no man."

These words spoken to Arnold Shwarzenegger's character in the 1987 movie Predator reveal the fear of being hunted.

The film portrays the events surrounding an incident in which a member of an alien species came to Earth from a distant planet and hunted human beings for sport, much like man hunts wild game.

There's something here at Penn State killing predators, and it is a man.

Andrew Silvia (sophomore-marketing) may appear to be an average student.

He is a sophomore majoring in marketing and he hails from Plymouth, Mass., "home of the rock," about 30 minutes away from Boston.

It was during his early childhood in Plymouth when an event occurred that changed his life forever.

A predator savagely killed Silvia's younger brother, Nomar, when Andrew was only five years old.

"It all started then," said Silvia, who vowed revenge for his younger brother's mutilation.

Silvia immediately began intense training at the young age of five, practicing a strict exercise regiment.

"I ran five miles a day, lifted weights, and went fishing," he said.

"I usually went straight-cast fishing, but I also tried fly-fishing, especially as time went on, just for some more variety, you know. In the off-season I went deep-sea fishing."

Silvia followed this program for years until he finally had his chance.

When the predator who killed his brother returned to Earth for a weekend hunting trip, Silvia struck with frightening fury.

"It was a great revenge. After I cut off his head and drank his blood, I felt like I got my brother back . . . we were back to being one."

But Silvia wasn't finished with the alien species. One was simply not enough. Silvia claims that much like the main character in the movie Memento, he fooled himself into thinking that he hadn't actually killed his brother's killer.

Silvia hunts every predator with fresh zeal, believing that the current predator he is tracking is the same one who tortured his brother, Nomar, to death.

In an ironic turn of events, Andrew Silvia now journeys to the predator's remote planet using a spaceship he recovered during one of his killing sprees.

Once there, he hunts predators doing the same thing they've done to humans for centuries.

"I normally go during breaks. In summer I do a three week tour. Actually, I'll be going soon over spring break. During Christmas I take a rest and stay home with the family. So I guess I spend about five weeks every year killing aliens," Silvia said.

To protect himself from the alien planet's atmosphere, Silvia wears a thermal bunny suit.

It looks deceptively like an average bunny costume; however, it's technologically designed to protect his skin from the planet's harmful UV rays.

Over the years, Silvia has learned a lot about the predators.

"They're cold blooded, they live in caves, and they claim they come to our planet to hunt for religious purposes. I think they really just like donuts, though," Silvia said.

It might seem like Silvia wouldn't have time for anything else, but he does his best to lead a normal life.

He lives in an apartment with three other friends and tries to have fun apart from causing misery to foreign beings.

"Most of my time is taken up by training but when I'm not busy with that I like to weld thimbles, watch Magnum, P.I. reruns, and eat McDonalds' Five for Fives."

Eric Gesk (sophomore-marketing), a friend and roommate of Silvia, generally holds him in high regard.

"I think he's a standout," said Gesk. "I think he's a little cocky, but he's cut, brave and cute."

Gesk also admires Silvia for his quest to avenge his late brother, Nomar. Gesk says that Silvia still hasn't fully recovered.

"Sometimes at night he'll be screaming Nomar's name. I have to come and hold him until he falls back to sleep," he said.

While Silvia says he may never get over his brother's horrific death, which he says is too terrible to describe, he does hope to move on.

Plans are in the works for a new sports drink composed of predator blood.

"It's delicious," said Gesk, who has tasted the beverage. "It gave me this untapped source of energy. It was amazing."

Although the drink may fuel high sports performance, it has failed to convince some skeptics of Silvia's claims.

"I think Andrew's kind of a psycho. I think it's all in his head," said Sarah Leefers (sophomore-advertising and public relations).

Fighting back tears, Silvia responded.

"Ask my brother Nomar if this is real. I mean, you can't really ask him because he's dead, but if he weren't dead, then you could ask him.

"But then I guess this would have never happened so . . . shutup."