Two men fall from cliff while playing 'Pokemon Go'

upi ^ | July 15, 2016 | Ben Hooper

[JoeProBono]

ENCINITAS, Calif.,- Two men who fell from a seaside cliff north of San Diego told authorities they became distracted while playing augmented reality game Pokemon Go.

Encinitas fire Battalion Chief Robbie Ford said one of the men fell about 50 feet down the bluff in Encinitas while the other man fell about 80 to 90 feet to the beach below.

Ford said the man who fell to the beach told San Diego County sheriff's deputies he and the other man had been playing smartphone game Pokemon Go, which sends players to real-world locations to capture digital monsters.

The man who fell 50 feet down the bluff was rescued by firefighters using ropes and harnesses, Ford said.

The men were taken to Scripps La Jolla Trauma Center with unspecified injuries described as moderate shortly after their 1 p.m. fall.

Fire Marshal Anita Pupping urged Pokemon Go players to use caution.

"We'd like people to stay clear of all the bluffs, overhangs and cliffs," she told USA Today.

Sgt. Rich Eaton of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department agreed players of the game should steer clear of dangerous areas.

"I think people just need to realize this is a game," Eaton told the Los Angeles Times. "It's not worth your life. No game is worth your life."

Pokemon Go has been downloaded more than 10 million times to Apple and Android devices following its July 7 release.

[JoeProBono]

[circlecity]

The herd has a way of thinning itself out.

[JoeProBono]

[Olog-hai]

[Taxman]

And, THEY VOTE!

[dp0622]

The title sounds like the beginning of a joke :)

[ConservativeWarrior]

Pokemon Go is actually a fun, clever little app. Good way to get the kids off the couch and exploring the world.

It’s the morons falling off cliffs, driving over curbs, and yes, voting, who need to be ridiculed.

[longfellow]

I love this game. Don’t play it, just loving the idiots.

[jacknhoo]

Men?!!! No, not men. Man-children.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The title sounds like the beginning of a joke :)

Two men fall from cliff while playing 'Pokemon Go'.
On the way down, one says to the other, "Didja get the Poliwag?!"
The other replies, "Shut up! I'm gonna grab the Koffing that's at the bottom of the cliff when I get there!"

[butlerweave]

If it’s not available in your area download it anyway ,it’s not really a Virus

[Robert DeLong]

Giving access to all my information on my phone, uh no thanks.

[Delta 21]

To bad we cant make this game highly addictive like the one in Star Trek TNG "The Game" and send all the idiots over a cliff with it.

[dp0622]

lol

[BitWielder1]

It's called Pokemon GOOOOoooooo.....

[workerbee]

EXACTLY my thoughts whenever I see/hear about this latest brain-eating craze.

[KarlInOhio]

Can the CIA come up with a version that is irresistible to every Jihadist? That way they are constantly broadcasting their locations, what their cameras are pointing at and their microphones hear. Or maybe that is what Pokemon Go is...

[stocksthatgoup]

Nerd alert

[Kickass Conservative]

We should air drop Millions of iPhones in the Middle East with a “Mohammed Go!” App on them and steer to Population to the nearest Cliff.

[Big Red Badger]

Mass Suicide is inevitable,
With the proper app.