By now, you must all have heard about the Pokemon GO mobile game that has been driving smartphone users crazy. After it became available in Slovenia as well, Pokemania also covered Slovenia. Overnight, Pokemon GO broke many records and became the talk of the town and the news. Everyone is looking for Pokemon, and we also witness many, to put it mildly, unusual stories that arise during gameplay. We present stories written by life, sorry, Pokemon GO. Because Pokemon GO is life!
Although it is mobile game Pokemon Go present in our lives for only a short time, she seems to have completely taken them over. A case of a pop culture phenomenon, which the world does not remember. Because of the Pokemon GO game that is already available in Slovenia, car accidents happen, people discover dead bodies, twist their ankles, girls discover cheating boyfriends, some shoot Pokemon trainers out of rage, reports of robberies, etc.
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People are looking for virtual Pokemon everywhere - at home, at work, while walking down the street, in the mountains, on vacation, too while driving a car, even though it is deadly. And in doing so, they become interesting, if not quite bizarre stories.
These are the stories he writes life Pokemon GO:
Pokemon hunters walk through minefields
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, playing the mobile game Pokemon GO has led some to walk into minefield areas, which can be very dangerous. The non-governmental organization Posavina bez mina therefore warns people to heed the warnings that mark areas where mines may still be located from the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which ended in 1995.
Pokemon trainers stopped traffic
When a rare Pokemon (Vaporeon) appeared in New York's Central Park, traffic literally came to a standstill. Namely, people playing Pokemon GO left their cars on the street as they were at that moment, with engines and lights on and doors open. It was a scene like in some apocalyptic movie.
The Pokemon hunt is interrupted by the weather forecast
As weather forecaster Bobby Deskins attempted to give a weather forecast, journalist and anchor Allison Kropff burst onto the air, unaware that she had interrupted the live broadcast in her eager pursuit of Pokemon. So she stared at the screen and walked past the camera like nothing happened.
A man quit his job to become a Pokemon trainer
New Zealander Tom Currie took Pokemon hunting too seriously. He left his regular job as a waiter to become a full-time Pokemon trainer, the first in the world. He says he wants to travel around New Zealand and catch all the Pokemon. So far he has caught 91 out of 151. You can follow his adventures at Instagram or Facebook.
Due to the game Pokemon GO, the girl unexpectedly found a dead body
In order to find a Pokemon, we sometimes have to comb the area long and hard. This was also done by the unsuspecting 19-year-old Shayla Wiggins from Wyoming, USA, who was wandering around the river looking for water Pokemon. When she took her eyes off the screen, she saw a body in the water just two meters away. It was about a man who, according to the local police, died due to natural circumstances (drowning).
People have been stabbed and robbed while playing Pokemon GO
21-year-old Michael Baker, who was hanging out near his home in Forest Grove (Oregon, USA) in the middle of the night while playing Pokemon GO, asked a passerby if he also played the mobile game. The latter apparently did not understand him and responded with a stab wound, as he plunged a knife into his body and then ran away. Despite this, Baker did not stop playing the game, because he "had" to catch all the Pokemon in the vicinity. He later received eight stitches in his shoulder.
Pokemon trainer rescued by 27 abandoned animals
While hunting for Pokemon, Sara Perez and Matthew Teague discovered a cage containing 20 hamsters and seven mice without food or water in the middle of an empty park. They picked up the cage, fed and watered the animals at home, and thus saved the lives of all twenty-seven animals. They then took them to a Houston shelter, where they were put up for adoption after their owners didn't come forward.
A man witnesses a murder while playing Pokemon GO
The man, who was playing Pokemon GO and live streaming the hunt, noticed a truck stop nearby. At first he thought the trucker was hunting Pokemon too, but instead he witnessed the murder of a girl. Audio Evidence (at 3:15):
New York was one of the first capitals to be infected by Pokemon GO
If you're going to be walking around New York in the near future, watch out for passers-by because they won't notice you.
Pokemon trainers are disrespectful to memorials
At the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, officials have asked visitors not to play the mobile game Pokemon Go in the museum, as it is inappropriate and disrespectful. Similar warnings also come from cemeteries and other memorial sites. The problem is that museums and similar establishments are places where Pokemon trainers can get pokemons that are crucial to gameplay, among other things. But those in charge don't care about that at all, which is why many people who didn't follow the rules have already been kicked out of the museum for playing. Even though the game tells you so, it doesn't mean that you actually have to do it.
People are causing car accidents because of playing Pokemon GO…
Although there are more and more warnings not to play the mobile game Pokemon GO while operating a vehicle or bike, people are heeding the warnings. Because of this, some have already driven into a tree or "missed" a turn. Not to mention falls, cuts and similar physical injuries due to too much enthusiasm and not paying enough attention to the surroundings.
… and they fall down the stairs
A danger that did not exist 14 days ago
Warnings about the dangers of playing the mobile game Pomeon GO come from all sides. Until recently, we were laughing about the warnings that should be taken into account when taking selfies. Now it seems that this was just a warm-up for the authorities, who are now issuing one warning after another about the dangers of playing Pokemon GO. The Croatian mountain rescuers have already arrived and have advised tourists not to play this game on Mount Velebit. Their tweet read: "Dear tourists, while you are on the Croatian coast, please respect the Velebit and Biokovo mountains and do not look for Pokemon there. Thank you.”
Slovenian Pokemon trainers
So the milk-toothed Pokemon trainers from Slovenia, who more than obviously need some more practice, went hunting for Pokemon. Or should they be a little less "afne gancajo" in between.
The game Pokemon GO is being exploited by crooks for robberies
Many people have already been robbed while playing the game Pokemon GO, because during the hunt they went to a more dangerous part of the city, where they quickly became an easy target for miscreants. Three men in America is a game or used PokeStops as bait by adding a Wi-Fi device to the location, which lured players there, who then robbed them and threatened them at gunpoint. Before the law enforcement authorities got hold of them, eight people were stripped naked.
If you are in the US, you are also being shot at while hunting
YouTube user Lanceypooh and his friend were searching for a very rare Pokemon in the middle of nowhere. In doing so, the pair entered private land, and as they got out of the car to catch the pocket monster in the ball, a man's voice came out of the darkness, asking them who they were and what they were doing. In the style of "shoot first, ask questions later" (although he actually asked first), he started shooting anyway. Fortunately, no one was injured in the process. This is far from the only case of a shooting due to the game Pokemon GO, which has already angered many a landowner who found Pokemon trainers on it, but so far it is the only one caught on camera.
Pokemon GO made her realize he was cheating on her
Those who cheat beware! Because of Pokemon GO, you can be with a girl like New Yorker Evan Scribner, who admitted that his ex-girlfriend now found out he was cheating on her because of him playing Pokemon GO. Through the app, the girl saw where he was while catching Pokemon. One of these locations was his ex's apartment. You just can't explain a PokeStop like this!
The game Pokemon GO caused a stampede
From New York's Central Park comes this dramatic footage of a crowd using their cellphones to hunt down a rare Pokemon (Vaporean) that appears there.
