Last week I had a basket fall out of the sky about 15 feet away into a river.

Today I quick-jumped to some cave somewhere and an elk fell out of the sky not five feet away from me to screech pitifully and be dashed against the rocks. I was quite horrified and didn't quite know how to react.

The funny thing is, Meridia was careful with me during the quest--maybe I've been misusing the Dawnbreaker?