Retrieval when PC is not present

You fail to cut off a big brown bear's route of escape with your polearm! A big brown bear has fled! A big brown bear leaves west. <1284/1284hp 684/714mn 922/923mv 10702 10 PM> charge tree The Treant's beating MASSACRES the Captain of the Special Guards! A warthog's charge MASSACRES the Captain of the Special Guards! A warthog's charge DISMEMBERS the Captain of the Special Guards! The Captain of the Special Guards is DEAD!! As the Captain of the Special Guards falls, a primitive bone fetish returns to the Outlander Cabal! [TRIBUNAL] the Captain of the Special Guards: We have lost control of a primitive bone fetish [TRIBUNAL] the Captain of the Special Guards: Alas, my life has come to an end... Being able to retrieve via NPC when PC is not present, bug or bad design?