Can Ceramic/heavy bowls be potentially dangerous?

[MissterDog]

I would imagine the water dish was possibly elevated with rocks or something. I did this with my King's water dish because it's his favorite hide and he outgrew it. I didn't have the heart to take it from him. So I used some patio block sections to elevate it while still providing him with his privacy. I took into consideration the sturdiness, as well as the weight of the bowl (light-weight plastic dog food bowl) and chose the patio blocks because they are uniform in size so it allows the dish to sit perfectly level. He will occasionally knock it off the blocks, but it's super light and he moves it with no problem. Plus, it is hollowed out underneath, which is why it's his favorite hide, so even if it falls on him and can't possibly hurt him.
I'm wondering if this person was trying to provide a hide and it unfortunately wasn't stable and too heavy and ended wit a sad, unfortunate, tragic result?

Could be possible. A part of me sorta wants to ask what their set up was to figure out how this tragedy happened but I don't want to be insensitive or imply anything. I'm worried I may accidentally offend them

But this whole thing is making me wonder if I should go plastic bowls instead of ceramic. Would ramp style plastic dishes still be prone to being flipped over? I've seen both plastic and ceramic/super heavy versions and was originally thinking of getting the heavier one for the sturdiness but this story is making me have second thoughts because of how heavy it is. The thing feels like a brick.