Posted on 07/09/2016 4:54:04 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Pokémon Go is sweeping the nation, and along with its growing popularity is a steady stream of bizarre news stories and personal anecdotes of near-death experiences. First there was the Australian police warning users not to physically enter the police station when collecting items, and earlier today Washington's Department of Transportation warned against "pokemoning" while driving. The mobile game's dedicated subreddit is also filling up with reports of personal injury incurred while exploring the real world for digital creatures.
Now, a teenager has discovered a dead body floating in her hometown river. Shayla Wiggins, a 19-year-old Riverton, Wyoming resident, discovered a man floating in the Wind River early this morning when trying to catch pokémon from a "natural water resource," she told KTVQ.com. Wiggins called 911 and local police arrived on the scene to retrieve the body.
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Once again, I have no idea what they are talking about (I mean the game not the body).
Ditto.
I would worry if I did.
The latest idiot craze explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QeZlchsFCI
It’s a mobile game. It actually encourages and requires players to walk explore and be active.
I think the Pokemon killed him.
The PokémonMurderer. How far and how long can this Pokémon go on? What’s next?
Electrocuted by Pikachu while standing in the water.
Another game like it is Ingress. Same concept, except its goal is to have people capture more landmarks and draw larger triangles than the opposing team.
I recall an incident in my college ROTC days when a group of cadets on patrol exercises encountered a dead body.
Radio chatter was “lively” to say the least.
Years later, read on the web that it was mob hit.
It’s a mobile which, as someone else already said, requires people to walk around everywhere in real life to find things in the game, hence its “Go” name.
It’s a mobile game which...
Sounds like a variation on geocaching.
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It’s a neat idea.. but I have to admit - The headline read “teen” and I thought 13 or 14..
She’s 19. That’s an adult.
Yes, although much easier. Instead of having to use basic navigation skills, one can just use the phone to navigate to points of interest.
My kids discovered this game in the last couple of days. They did say this was probably going to lead to people trying to do it while doing something else. It does actually get people out walking around, and looking around, though.
When I was driving earlier today, my son said he spotted a pokemon character, which proceeded to “run” alongside our car, on the median strip, for a little bit (as seen from his cell phone, not in real life). This must rely on Google Earth or something, because it melds the game with real world surroundings.
time will tell whether this game has legs or not....... (yes, pun intended).
That’s actually kind of cool!
“It does actually get people out walking around, and looking around...”
Yes, but it just hammers home the fact that we have become a nation of sloths when we need a stupid mobile app to motivate people to get off their a$$ and do something besides watch TV, play video games or eat.
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