Pokémon Go , the new fluid game that scatters everyone ’s favorite digital critters across real emplacement using augmented reality , climb to the top of the App Store charts after only five twenty-four hour period of waiver . As of July 11th , Apple Store users rat the game over 43,000 time . It evensurpassed Tinderin Android app popularity .
Somehow , the most bizarre side outcome of the mobile phenomenon ’s success is n’t the game ’s other - dayglitchesor Reddit - friendlymemes , but the genuine - cosmos experiences emerging from out-of-door play . Here , we flesh out up the scarey and strangest turns of events :
Players were shot at from a rooftop…
Poké Stops are popping up in all kinds of place they should n’t be ( more on that below ) , and private citizen are not having it . According to CTV , one fed - up Ontario residentfired a pellet gunman at a crowdof gamers on her property Saturday dark . " It is believed that the defendant fired at least four shots at the people playingPokémon Go , but none were come upon and there were no injury , " according to a statement from York Regional Police . That ’s messed up .
… and during an attempted robbery
Fox News reports that two Las Vegas menopened ardor on a group ofPokémonplayersthey’d hoped to rob as they cheat the streets at 4 am . Unfortunately , one of the victim had a weapon system of his own , and the resulting shootout sent both a perpetrator and a defensive player to the infirmary .
Would-be robbers also used the game to lure victims
Missouri police apprehend four suspects who allegedly usedPokémon Go ’s geolocation characteristic toshepherd players to distant fix , where they ’d snaffle their valuables rather of Squirtles – a felony commission of first - degree robbery . " The robbers were able to anticipate the location and point of seclusion of unwitting victim , " Sgt . Bill Stringer of O’Fallon , Missouri , enounce . He monish further : " If you employ this app ( or other like - type apps ) or have children that do we require you to please use caution when alerting alien of your future position . "
Two Poké-seekers even fell off a cliff
Last week in Encinitas , California , two men in their former 20sfell " an approximate 50 to 90 feet down a cliff,“according to CNN , in pursuit of Pokémon . Though they sustain minor injury , they were not charged with trespassing , even though the area was clear marked " Do Not queer . " Two Toledo musician were n’t so lucky – they werearrested for trespassingin their city ’s zoo while on the hunt .
A Baltimore player crashed into a cop car
Well , this could have been avoided : the police gondola was parked whenone heedless player drove into it , apparently too engross in hunting down Pokémon . The officer ’s dashcam capture the interaction above . Thankfully , no one was injure .
Pokémon are crashing Beyoncé and Rihanna concerts
OneBeyhivemember was horrified to see a fan in Francescouring the arena for Pokémonwhile the Queen execute ; meanwhile , Rihanna was more proactive , call for of her audience : " I do n’t require to see you catching any Pokémons up in this cunt . "
Getting stabbed didn’t stop one gamer
A 21 - twelvemonth - onetime Oregon world was Poké - hunt late into the night whenhe got stabbed by another walker . or else of seeking aesculapian tending , the victim went on acting and stopped for recreation . According to KTLA , by the fourth dimension he did make it to the infirmary , the wounding required eight stitch .
One player stumbled upon a dead body
Poké - hunt run 19 - year - old Shayla Wiggins to Big Wind River in Wyoming , where she spotted something far more disgraceful than a Jigglypuff : a remains . According to the Fremont Sheriff ’s Office , " the death appear to be inadvertent in nature . "
A woman gave birth to a Pidgey
Well , the critter barge in her delivery elbow room , at least . " As soon as it popped up , I was like , oh my gosh , there ’s a Pidgey sit on your bed!“the woman ’s hubby say , interrupting her labor . Pidgey ’s not even worth that much , man .
Unsuspecting homes became in-game hotspots
The majority ofPokémon Go ’s " gyms " were assigned in public places based on subsist function data . But because Massachusetts occupant Boon Sheridan ’s home was an active church over 40 age ago , it curve up as one of the game ’s resort , draw players to his now - individual place . Sheridan ’s understandably click off about the disturbance , and concerned it might even lead his property ’s value to refuse .
Other mellow - profile gym locations?The Pentagon , the White House , and theWestboro Baptist Church ’s chemical compound in Topeka , Kansas . In defiance of the latter group ’s frequent homophobic hate speech , Pokémon players are proudly posting messages like " LoveIsLove . "
Among the more distasteful gym locations : Arlington National CemeteryandHolocaust memorialsin Poland and Washington , D.C. C’m on , guys : just because you get service does n’t mean you should have your phone out .
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Cops thought a player meet-up was a drug deal
" Yeah , so it twist out two twenty - something black dude and a 40 - year - sometime white guy chill in the parkland at 3 am looks strange,“one Reddituser discovered after notice anOnyxnear his menage – as well as some other eager fans . " It took a bit of talking to convince the cop we were n’t doing a drug raft , and a bit longer to explicate the game . Then the cop downloaded the fucking game on his phone and asked us how to get started . "
A man used a drone to expedite his hunt
One Tumblr exploiter manipulate up a drone to hunt down far - flung Pokémon for him by duct - taping his smartphone to the twist . golden for players with a little more wholeness , the drone is not very good at it .
People are actually walking
For those who have n’t set up up drones , Pokémon Gois forcing them to track down down Pikachu the old - fashioned way . One Daily Dot writerlogged 8,000 stepson one daytime ’s journey ; an heavy lover named Doug Byrd claimed to walk up tosix miles in a unmarried dayof gameplay . Who says TV gamers are faineant ?
Fake Pokémon trend stories are everywhere
One wide circulated story about gameplay causing a massive accident in Massachusetts prove to be ahoax . Snopeshas been in overdrive debunkingdozens of similarly false storiesas the game grow in popularity .
The game’s already been beat
One Brooklynitecaught all 142 Pokémonavailable in the US . He walked an norm of 8 miles per daytime in orderliness to achieve this applaudable exploit .
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