Here's an Odd one: Microsoft Excel 2010 Workbook "randomly" Becoming Protected

Either there are gnomes in our servers, someone is lying, or some sort of glitch is causing this issue (and honestly I'm not even sure which is most likely), but here's my story:
User is working on an excel workbook. This user accesses this file all the time with little to no problems. One day a week or two ago the user finds the workbook is password protected, but doesn't even know how to do this, much less remembers locking it.
My boss restores a backup of said document that is not password protected. User is able to access file, edit it, save it, etc.
The next day that same file (and only that file) is locked for the second time. We use a back door method and save a new copy with a new filename. User edits file, saves it, etc.
The next day that same file (and yes, only that file) is locked for the third time.
Am I crazy? Is someone lying to me? Do gnomes really go inside computers and wreak havoc to make me lose my sanity?
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
I have the file and plan on saving an unlocked copy locally to see if the issue presents itself again.
Windows 7 computer running Office 2010; Windows 2012 server

Have you got over this odd issue yet?
If this workbook is saved in a shared drive, maybe you need to track who uses the excel file.
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18319162/how-do-i-track-who-uses-my-excel-spreadsheet

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