Weird Skyrim Clip Shows NPC's Head Moving After Death

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Anyone who has played The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim knows that the game contains its fair share of bugs and oddities. Open world games are typically full of them, with some bugs causing major headaches for players, while others just serve as temporary amusement.

A Skyrim player encountered one such bug following the death of a bard in-game. While the bard was dead, a glitch led to the musician looking like he was nodding his head to a high-speed tempo.

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The Skyrim clip was shared on Reddit by user Emery_Darkholme, who seems to be quite amused by the encounter. The clip is brief, showing the bard's head nodding, while the rest of him remains completely still, as one would expect from a dead NPC. Rather than leaving it at that, the player overlaid a sped-up version of a song Markiplier used in his videos' outros, matching the tempo of the head nodding perfectly.

It's not entirely clear what caused this particular Skyrim glitch, though it may have been something as simple as a collision error. In many games, when two objects intersect, it can create a violent reaction until one or both of the objects are no longer occupying the same space. It may have also been a simple physics glitch, which are a fairly common sight in the game.

Regardless of the cause, other players were thoroughly amused at the scene. Many mused that the bard was a metalhead, still headbanging even in death. Others made a comparison to Family Guy's Quagmire, who often does a similar movement in the show. In any case, it's a harmless glitch that just provides a bit of humor for the Dragonborn.

While there have been reports of some game-breaking glitches in the Anniversary edition of Skyrim, for the most part, any remaining