I logged out of the forest for a while. I left at the playground.
When I came back I saw candles on the rocks! It was still when my deer was the default and had no name, so I couldn't pick them up, but as soon as my deer logged in (it was automatic) the candles disappeared! Do they do that sometimes?
They aren't there now, but I got off and on the Forest and they were there until the game logged me in. They stopped appearing about 10 minutes ago.