Silt Striders first appeared in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, released in 2002, as giant arthropods used like buses between towns across Vvardenfell, steered by caravaneers from inside their exposed organs. Their distinctive moaning call became one of the game's most remembered sounds. The creatures later returned in Skyrim's Dragonborn expansion on Solstheim. Online, the call is shared as a nostalgic sound effect, used in lore videos, remixes and memes celebrating Morrowind's strange, mushroom-filled world and its unique creature design.