Recently realized that Belethor's General Goods is ALWAYS closed in Whiterun. I used to trade with him all the time. Anyone else experiencing this? I read online that some others have had this issue. Could I have possibly killed him when doing the werewolf mission for the companions? One person said they saw him get eaten by a dragon??? Please help?!

I have the same issue. I posted a thread earlier, not sure if anyone replied. I'm not sure when exactly it became locked, but I did do that werewolf transformation, and a dragon did attack inside the city, right outside of the companions hq.

Thanks for the response! Hmm..I never had a dragon attack right outside the city but it was pretty close to Whiterun. I'm just bummed if I did it myself b/c I didn't even really want to be a werewolf! Anybody else?

I've barely done any quests in the game and I have this problem. I haven't done any werewolf quests and the only dragon I've seen is the first one that attacks the west watchtower at the beginning. No sign of Belethor.

Yeah this happened to me too. Not sure if it was the werewolf quest that did it.

I guess we can all agree then that there is a Belethor glitch!

I also started this exact same thread but got no replies...go figure. It's locked for me as well as the Warmaiden's shop near the entrance or whatever it's called, though she is usually outside working the grinding stone or workbench during the day she always says 'go inside the shop if you need more'. Can't get in without picking the lock though lol. Tried a few at night when no one was around, like using the rear entrance for Belethor's, but nobody was ever inside day or night.

Ran through town as a werewolf with him and guards chasing me.
After doing the mission with Aela I found his dead body in town.

Later in the game the Skyforge guy was lying dead in the streets, have no clue why.

Ah well, I played Fallout 3 enough to be used to random dead people.

What's stranger is that Skjor has come back to life and says lines like "You still have to prove yourself Whelp" after I've been Harbinger of the Companions for quite a while.

I'm not a werewolf, no dragon attack yet and yesterday the front door was locked during the day.
The BACK door however was open and Belethor was inside behind the counter, running the shop as normal.
Weird (but are we that surprised by this game's bugs anymore?)

Not surprised by the fact that it has bugs. Just sad at the possibility that I might have killed him as Belethor was one of my favorite characters and it was nice to be able to unload anything at his shop instead of just a select few items like most specialty shops.

I've noticed that some shopkeepers like to wander around the towns in the morning on the way to their shops, leaving them wide open to Dragon attacks! A dragon (or magic critters, I'm not sure which) killed one of the only shop-keeps in Winterhold while she was out wandering in the street on her way to her store. "Hmmm a dragon, I should probably get my camera and run into the street!" *facepalm*

Try waiting for an hour and see if he comes back. if not then lock pick it when no one is looking (during normal working hours 8-8) and he should be in there, if not then wait an hour inside and he should come back, this worked for me once.