I was wandering the snowy wilderness southeast of Winterhold, looking for bandits to kill, and treasure to be had. Minding my own business, for the most part. Suddenly, without warning, I was nearly squashed flat, as a dead horse's corpse came crashing to earth about 3 feet in front of me!!! No rider, no indication of where it had come from. My best guess is that a giant managed to orbit the unfortunate horse someplace else nearby, and I just happened to be where it landed. But I like to thing that he managed to get hold of a Scroll of Icarian Flight...
Also, I was wandering from Solitude southwest for my character's first trip to Markarth. I crossed a river, and happened to run through a pack of mudcrabs. Being rather in a hurry, I decided not to bother with these lowly mudcrabs, and chose to evade and run from them instead of killing... They are quite easy to evade, and are slow pursuers. However, it is generally a good idea to check what you are running TOWARDS. Fleeing from these mighty mudcrabs, I run headlong into a pack of wolves, and simultaneously attract the attention of a nearby sabercat!!! This pack on my heals is now quite dangerous, and much more agile, and I am hard put to keep my hide out of their slavering jaws! I jump off a small cliff in an attempt gain a bigger lead on my pursuers, right into the middle of a pitched battle between a spriggan, black bear, and a necromancer. With these new additions to the frenzied pack on my heels, I continue to flee, attempting to climb a small mountain in hopes that enemy density would be less there. Instead, I manage to attract the loving attention of a Frost Dragon who happened to be hunting the area for a meal. His hunt ended at the same time as my epic flight... Having naturally forgotten to save, my game reloaded me at the gate out of Solitude, where I promptly purchased a nice, safe carriage ride to Markarth!
