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Two men fall from cliff while playing 'Pokemon Go'
upi ^ | July 15, 2016 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 07/15/2016 11:07:12 AM PDT by 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.


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KEYWORDS: pokemongo
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To: workerbee

pokemongo


Mongo no like poke.

21 posted on 07/15/2016 11:29:10 AM PDT by Rio (Proud resident of the State of Jefferson)
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To: JoeProBono

No one poke me, kick their #@. BTW is “pokemon” rasta for a homosexual ping?


22 posted on 07/15/2016 11:35:20 AM PDT by Karliner ( Jeremiah 29:11, Romans 8:28- 8:38"...this is the end of the beginning."WC)
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To: JoeProBono
People like that are the reason we have these kind of warning labels :


23 posted on 07/15/2016 11:35:29 AM PDT by massmike (1969:Man walks on moon. 2016:Men can use the ladies room. That's progress????)
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To: JoeProBono

This little game has been great for achieving a Darwin level award and thinning the gene pool of idiots.


24 posted on 07/15/2016 11:37:20 AM PDT by thegrump (It is who we are. It is what we do. Live for nothing or die for something ! (Rambo))
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To: Robert DeLong

Do you have any apps on your phone?

Are they also giving access to all information on your phone?

I’m very interested to know.


25 posted on 07/15/2016 11:39:15 AM PDT by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: JoeProBono

Many Darwin award nominees this year playing this game.


26 posted on 07/15/2016 11:40:23 AM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: thegrump
The Darwin nominees, San Diego Chapter:

27 posted on 07/15/2016 11:41:58 AM PDT by nickedknack
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To: Rio

mongo straight


28 posted on 07/15/2016 11:46:16 AM PDT by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Post of the Day. Well done!


29 posted on 07/15/2016 11:53:20 AM PDT by day10 (You'll get nothing and like it!)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

As well they should!


30 posted on 07/15/2016 11:57:26 AM PDT by Taxman ((H. L. Mencken correctly observed: Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man.))
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To: JoeProBono

So I guess these idiots never considered someone put this together to deliberately cause a person to have an accident.


31 posted on 07/15/2016 12:00:58 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: JoeProBono

They weren’t men. Men don’t play a child’s game.


32 posted on 07/15/2016 12:01:01 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Socialism is always just one or a thousand or a million more murders away from utopia.)
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To: Blue Jays

Did they kiss the dirt as they were falling down the mountain?

33 posted on 07/15/2016 12:01:31 PM PDT by Blue Jays
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To: Rio

“Pokemongo just pawn in game of life”.


34 posted on 07/15/2016 12:07:49 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan (Don't be a lone wolf. Form up small leaderlesss cells ASAP !)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

Nope. Do not use aps at all.


35 posted on 07/15/2016 12:10:11 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Rio
Ramón "Pokemongo" Santamaría Rodríguez was a rumba quinto master and an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue", recorded by John Pikachu, among others.
36 posted on 07/15/2016 12:16:33 PM PDT by golux
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To: ConservativeWarrior

A girl in WY found a body while playing it. Apparently natural causes.


37 posted on 07/15/2016 12:24:31 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: JoeProBono

Yeah, but did they catch them?


38 posted on 07/15/2016 12:32:53 PM PDT by dinodino
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To: JoeProBono

Who knew poke mon would be a way to thin the dumbasses out of the gene pool? If youre gonna be dumb you’d better be tough.


39 posted on 07/15/2016 12:46:22 PM PDT by Afterguard (Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
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To: JoeProBono

Morons... oh yeah... because walking around playing a game on your phone is WAY more pathetic and nerdy than sitting around commenting on the internet. Way more... Yeah. Let’s all mock the nerds out there being nerdy in the daylight instead of sitting around being snarky about strangers like REAL MEN. Silly Nerds. Don’t they know that using electronics for games is pathetic and childlike. REAL adults use electronics to set on their assets and mock people. In fact it is super wimpy to walk around cliffs and stuff. Yeah. Wimptastic. Sitting around mocking.. That is where the old school macho men are. Not out WALKING... or anything so nerdy as that.


40 posted on 07/15/2016 12:47:24 PM PDT by TalonDJ
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