In a recent post on the Skyrim Subreddit, user Daftfunkster has posted a very short clip of them playing the game. In the brief video, the player can be seen attacking a nearby deer with magic. As the slow-motion death animation plays out, the animal in question decides to have one last “hurrah” before it kicks the bucket. In its final moments, it shuffles off its mortal coil by doing a fairly impressive backflip before falling lifelessly onto the cold ground. The player stands for a second, perhaps bemused at what they’d just seen.

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This is clearly another example of just one of a ton of crazy glitches that Skyrim has to offer. As can be imagined, numerous people in the Reddit thread are amused at the accidental acrobatic prowess of the deer. One user scored it 10/10, but gave it a paltry 0/10 as it didn’t “stick the landing.” Another made mention of the fact that it reminded them of the intentionally buggy game Goat Simulator, given the wild animal’s propensity to defy in-game physics, only in the example that Daftfunkster showed, doing so with a degree of finesse.

There are a number of wild animals and creatures in Skyrim, and it begs the question of whether it’s possible to make others do similar backflips in the throes of death. In any case, it’s an amusing example of the things that can go wrong with the game’s programming, and at least this one isn’t detrimental to gameplay, just another one for the funny outtake pile.

While the decade-old epic is still going strong, there are those who are impatiently waiting for the next game in the long-running franchise. A leak last year suggested that The Elder Scrolls 6 could be out by 2024, but there has been no official word yet about a potential launch, or even whether the game is being worked on at all. It almost certainly is, but fans need to hear it straight from the horse’s, or deer’s, mouth first.

The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim is available for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.

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