So I was in Crow's wood last night and as I was exploring I noticed two things I just couldn't explain/figure out.

1. The searchlight/eye thing. A white light appears, with a sound, it kinda looked like a slitted eye to me, and it scans a little area before it disappears. I saw it in several locations and it seems to be following a pattern.
-door in ruins just east of the north end of the bridge
-on the bridge near the middle
-on the rocks east of the entrance to the spider tunnel
-3 points around the crow council area
-on the rocks just north of the crow mother's tower
-behind the tree in the alcove north of crow mother's tower
-near the headless man statue in the ruins
-upper window of the blocked tower in the ruins
(it may have more...)

2. The purple-ish ghosts of people that vanish when you approach. There appears to be a man and a woman (or men and women).
-man: on tower north of bridge up near the corpse.
-man: next to the headless statue in the ruins
-woman: near the tower with the key chest/fire atronach
-woman: on the rock ring that surrounds the burnt house
-woman: on a rock south-ish of the ruins
-man: on the path just as you leave the wolf area
-man: on the wrecked bridge over the spider tunnel

I would love to hear what you all think of this.

If it matters I chose that the mage should honor his word to the crow mother (both live).