something similar for me, i dropped a soul gem to empty it and like half of Riften started fighting over it, AFTER i picked it back up
I had a housecarl and follower try to fight to the death over a wooden plate I dropped on the floor in Hjerim.
I don't know what was more odd, that or the fact that they later did the same thing over a copy of Uncommon Taste that I dropped in the same house.
Apparently they both have strong culinary inclinations. I half expected to come home one day and find them fighting over whose turn it was to use the cooking spit.
OH AND.... I saw my first nekkid courier this week.

After six months of playing almost every day... I thought it was about time. Then I took a good look at him and realized that, no, it really wasn't.

Ran right up to me outside of Mistveil Keep in Riften, nothing but a loincloth and shoes and a skimpy hat between him and the wide wide world. He stopped off at Grelka's stall on his way out of town, almost as if he wondered whether or not he was missing something... thought about it for a moment... and then apparently decided that even light armor just wasn't light enough.

