I dropped some food on the ground and walked away, and then it was gone just like that. I know who took it, because they were the only ones around. They didn't ask if I considered it mine. They didn't ask why I dropped it. I've tried talking to them before, and they didn't answer. So I didn't even bother to ask them to give the food back to me -- because I knew they were pigs. Yes, pigs, I say! They were literally, in real pixels, pigs.
I hope this gives you a laugh. Please keep in mind, fellow players, that dropping something on the ground is a way to share so that it can be picked up by whoever wants, however much they want, for whatever purpose they want. This is how the game works, and there are benefits to sharing in this way.
NOTICE: No pixel pigs were harmed in the making of this post.