what to do when quest target creature stuck in walls?

[Dunadd]

Ok i keep getting Fighters' Guild quests to kill a wild animal that's in someone's house. But when i go to kill them they're usually stuck at the top of the ladder to the loft. I can climb up eventually and hit them, but they often then disappear into the walls or the roof. Where i can still see part of them i can shoot them with a bow or kill them with a sword. But what about when i can't see them but only hear them after the first time i've hit them? Is there any way round that other than reloading?

[Gilarius]

Have you run the patch? This sort of bug used to be fairly common, but seemed to have stopped with the latest patch.

Otherwise, try FIXSAVE. Or reload until it works.