So I saw a farmer near Whiterun with a painted cow in tow who said it was an offering to some nearby giants in order to protect his livestock.

I offer my help and the man says he's got it, so I decide to follow him and see how this turns out...

The farmer comes accross a giant who doesn't take it too kindly and starts running, the cow was stuck on a rock (path fail) for about 10 seconds by then, the last I see of the man is him disappearing behind a rock, the giant smashing his club on the ground and a speck disappearing into the upper atmosphere.

The cow is still stuck, the giants never cared about it, and just as I am about to leave a couple of minutes later, the man lands on a mammoth 3 feet away from me.

That was mean of you Beth, that farmer actually thought his offering would work.

Yeah i found that too some hours ago,after talking to the farmer i spotted the Headless Horseman,thanks to the cow the Headless Horseman is trapped

Rofl. Brilliant. That will teach the farmer to make deals with those treacherous giants.
I thought they were supposed to be friendly after hearing the pre launch hype...until I got close to one...*SPLAT*

You mean something like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-hKxOhOQ3U

In my game, the Farmer found that the group of dead giants had no need for his cow afterall...

I do actively target ALL giants and Mammoths now without exception - after getting insta-killed by the first one I encountered while inncently wandering near by. I didn't even get the "warning" type foot stamp and club shake I've seen them do since. For this reason ALL giants die in my game...wish I could cast a rune on that cow so it explodes... lol.

Scoob.

I LOL'd, watched that guy get smashed purely for entertainment. I even warded off enemies and protected him all the way to the Giant camp so that he'd meet his end unmolested. If Darwin awards were in TES, he'd get one.

Maybe some giants are just mean. Dovahkiin manages to sell a goat to a giant when he is smashed off his face on mead after all.

That was hilarious!

Darwin Awards in Skyrim: a winner is you

Question is, where's the Perk so WE can do that

Scoob.

I experienced this to, out of anger for the loss of the kind farmer, I slaughtered the giant camp, mammoths and all.

I killed the giant simply because I wasn't going to walk all that way to not kill it. Giants hold a considerable amount of coin on their persons, I would have killed him regardless of this strange little ritual.

Poor farmer

Haha great.

Cheers

What, no magic beans Bethesda?

I always kill the farmer cause I feel bad for the cow. Now I know that's not necessary, thanks

I have actually seen a farmer survive giving a sacrificial cow to the giants.. He just left the cow thereand headed to an inn ^^