Decaying High Level Legendary Items

We spoke by discord anonymously and prayers. I looted around the high teens (level 17-19) a couple items in cabal war that were WAY to good for me, but one of those lucky acquisitions. Both of them did NOT seem counterfeited, but decayed with a message that the closest I can remember it as was: The SNIPPEDITEM decays into dust. However, 1) I had the SNIPPEDITEM for a while 2) When I wore it, it SNIPPEDITEM, so seems impossible to be counterfeit. 3) wasn't rot-death 4) I didn't die near or around the time it decayed 5) I'm obviously several levels above 10 6) This wasn't a chromatic fire gecho or anything like that. It didn't happen on death or login/logout. So then I began to question if maybe the SNIPPEDITEM has limited uses, which I really don't think it did. Then a couple RL hours later, my SNIPPEDITEM (I believe from SNIPPEDITEM) simply was gone. I scrolled back in buffer, and it also had the same decaying message in simple grey text. But again, wore it for a while, and then it just sort of rotted a way with the decaying message. I of course became paranoid that I was doing something wrong, that an immortal was punishing me for looting a high level enemies corpse, and had no idea how to stop this from happening again. Anyhow, I'd appreciate your help. It could have been a super rare circumstance where maybe the items were too close to level 60 for someone in their teens? Or there is hidden code to stop even those over 10+ from getting too lucky with items? I'm not sure, bummer of course, but mostly confused.