Killed a dragon, this is about my fifth one now and after it died it's body won't burn up to a skeleton and I can't absorb it's soul! I've reloaded and killed it 5 times now and every time it's the same! This is a whole new area of the map for me as I have never ventured this far west. This is REALLY frustrating!

Has anyone else ran into this problem? A few on GameFAQs have as well, I am so aggravated! If this happens to the next dragon I kill I am going to go ballistic!

Start over. Most likely a bug.

that sound really annoying game breaking TBH. they should sort that out quick. what platform are you on?

Xbox 360

If this happens to the next dragon I find I am going to lose it! I'm 20 hours deep already and I do NOT want to start over!

I have it on 360 to, had the same thing happen and just continued on, so far it hasn't happend again, maybe just a once off.

I was around 16 deep when I restarted. Not to bad becouse I could then do a perfect run and fix a oops or two I made in the past.

This is most likely not a bug. Whats far more likely, i even created a thread on this, is that you killed a dragon that is a "respawn" of a previous dragon you have killed. For example, i killed the skyborn altar dragon ok? Well in went back there a few days later and there was a dragon there, i killed it. I didn't get a soul and it didn't burn, but i was able to loot it and such as normal. The reason for this? So you have to explore and do new [censored] for souls. I like it this way, and dragons aren't hard enough for you to throw a hissy fit over when you don't get a soul.

Apparently the dragons that re spawn are bugged and don't give you a soul according to a FAQ found here(in "general information for Skyrim"
http://support.gamesas.com

Yup, Skyrim -> Windows 7 -> (Gameplay) General Information -> dragons that respawn at dragon's lairs don't give dragon souls.