Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-26039067-20150124143743

I found a village and secured it completely with cobblestone walls and fencing so that the villagers could not escape. After a mining trip under and around the village, I returned to find that nearly all my villagers had disappeared as well as all my chickens. I have been playing on peaceful mode the entire time, so no zombies exist to kill them, but I torched the village well so there are no dark shadows anyways. I searched the area around the village thoroughly, but they are nowhere to be found. Any thoughts as to why this happened? 