I saw it a few times in Everquest. It was one of those early MMOs, so the devs probably didn't play test it enough to find that out.

I got killed a few times hanging in safe areas. In one example, some hooligan had a bunch of griffons chase him out of the zone, and when he disappeared, they attacked the nearest innocent targets, included me. The more I think about that game, the more I realize just how awful it really was. And people think Elden Ring is a tough game...