Forum:Weird random encounter or glitch?

I play Fallout 3 on PS3 with all DLC. Anyway, I was escorting Cherry to Rivet City because I was bored and needed something to do. On my way there (I decided to walk, not fast travel) I saw a Rivet City guard followed by an Aqua Pura brahmin. Suddenly, randomly, the guard shouted something along the lines of "they're everywhere", pulled out her 10mm SMG and started firing at a nearby unexploded car. The car detonated, killing both the guard and the brahmin. Has this happened to anyone else? Telos 06:50, June 23, 2010 (UTC)

It happened to me outside of Tenpenny Tower. I caught the aftermath though. I saw a car explode by Lucky's, ran over to see what the brouhaha was, and there wasn't anything in the area but the bodies of a Rivet City Guard, a Aqua Pura brahmin, and maybe one or two Brotherhood escorts. Glitch, encounter, or whatever, I'm not sure, but it must not be rare. Butcher Pete 00:57, June 24, 2010 (UTC)

It happened to me again at almost exactly the same spot. A Rivet City guard (alone, no Brotherhood escort or Aqua Pura brahmin) was on the bridge near Pirate Pely, said "Can't you see them, they're everywhere!" and fired at the wall of the bridge. After a few seconds of wasting 10mmm rounds, she said something like "Oh well, I guess it was nothing," and walked back to the Jefferson Memorial. I'm guessing this is a fairly common occurence. Telos 04:14, July 7, 2010 (UTC)

Im thinking encounter.Wickedjacob told me that "Once you get a random encounter at a specific spot, that random encounter is the ONLY one that will happen at that spot. So it is set for that game" seeing as you got it twice in the same place this is possible. Are those random encounter places? Also did you use the FEV, could be a side effect. JASPER42 10:44, July 7, 2010 (UTC) Its a random encounter that comes with Broken Steel. They're crazed by the muties or enclave, you know. Bits of the Wastes. I got it when I was leaving the Republic of Dave (Empire of Bob :P) and one was lying in that out-of-energy bum style. I went up to him and his pal was shooting in the air. He goes theyre everywhere. Little did he know i spawned about ten Deathclaws (for amusement people, i like saving, getting an encounter, spawning stuff and sipping some Quantum in my Chinese Stealthy Armor while everyone re-inacts Benny Hill). And FEV doesn't matter. MPLX Fantasurge 07:01, July 10, 2010 (UTC)
 * Nope no FEV, and it's not a random encounter spot. Telos 08:29, July 8, 2010 (UTC)