so my theory about Richard Hatch returning to lead the ghost tribe to victory is a zebra???I agree with the above thinking -- too many votes, too complicated. If there is a competition among the three tribes, I'm guessing it would have to be mental, not physical, and my hunch is "pirate trivia."
My other thought would be this: if the Big Twist happens next week, and Drake loses IC this week, then each tribe would have three ousted players in LL (Morgan - Ryan, Nicole, Lill, Drake = Michelle, Burton, ???). So the competition would be the bootees are in prison or something, and the remaining tribemates have to rescue them. The first team to rescue all their former tribemates wins -- this would be Morgan, meaning Drake loses another. As a surprise bonus, they get to keep one of the people they rescued.
Still, if this happens, somebody else would need to be booted off to make the schedule work, and I just don't see that. I like the theory that the player comes back, the others THINK they're in the game, but they're not -- just in the game for observation or voting or something... the 'mole'. Then at the last minute they announce that they can't vote the 'mole' out, because they're already out. Explains a couple of theories, including Lil returning and 'going far', the 'mole', the ghost tribe, etc.
I don't know what I'm talking about, but I like to tie theories together to make everybody look smart!!