Yes, the - my jaw dropped when I saw it and it was so funny when the guy said 'From the look on your face, I'd say you haven't seen a ********* before' lol - does anyone know if you can ride them? Side quest or something, maybe? That would be awesome. Doesn't it make haunting noises, too? Kind of reminded me of that thing on Samurai Jack.

I was wondering what that thing was and if you could ride it as well. Maybe if it's not now we might get a quest for it later. I mean it's pretty much got a saddle.

No you can't ride it, but there were ridable ones in Morrowind

No, it's mainly there for Nostalgia. They're the equivalent of carriages in Morrowind.

Not to confuse people who didn't play MW, you can't actually ride them in real time.

There was a mod that put in an animation system for riding them. It actually turned out pretty good:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRUadDc1onc (long vid, I'd skip to around 0:50 and watch for about a minute)

And they do make the noises.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjjKSJFz68s

Correct.
Think of Silt Striders as the Carriages of Morrowind.
There was a whole network set up to travel between settlements, just like the carriages in Skyrim.
See here for the original routes: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/File:FullMap_TravelRoutes.png
And here for more details: http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Transport#Silt_Strider

Hope that helps those new to TES to get a better understanding of Silt Striders...and our affection for these gentle giants.

I love the mournful sound they make.

Oh how they made travel so much easier.
Imagine if you had to walk from Balmora to Ald-ruhn to Vivec every time?

And getting sidetracked every few minutes? Ah, good times

Ah... Glad to know there is still one of these alive. They were pretty awesome and unique looking.

Wouldn't let me kill it. This angers me because I kill every non-humanoid I see without question. It would be a nice trophy kill don't you think.

You can't kill them back in Morrowind so why kill them now?

I guess Beth didn't anticipate the level of your trophy lust...

Yay Silt Strider! Too bad you can't ride it. I didn't meet the dude near it; he's missing. o_O What does he say about it?