15 Most Shocking Incidents That Happened While Playing Pokemon GO

Gotta catch 'em all!

Posted By | On 23rd, Jul. 2016

Page 1 of 15

Pokémon Go came out less than two weeks ago, and it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that it has already changed the world in many ways since. Twenty years after the franchise first launched, Pokémania is everywhere again. From causing stampedes to giving robbers new ways to lure victims to getting people outside into the sunshine, the game has had all sorts of ripple effects that nobody could have foreseen.

Listed below are fifteen real life incidents that have happened while playing Pokémon Go, good and bad.

MAN QUITS JOB TO BECOME FULL-TIME POKÉMON GO PLAYER

Tom Curry from New Zealand has gone and done something all of us dream of doing but probably won’t ever have the balls to do.  He quit his job so that he could become a full-time Pokémon Go player for the next two months, during which time he will be embarking on a tour across New Zealeand. He’s already caught 90 Pokémon (at the time of writing this feature). “I wanted to have an adventure,” he says. “I have been working for six years and I was desperate for a break. And Pokémon gave me the chance to live that dream.”

This man will be the very best, like no one ever was.

Read more about this here.


Amazing Articles You Might Want To Check Out!



Share Your Thoughts Below  (Always follow our comments policy!)



Keep On Reading!

Dying Light 2 Stay Human – Weapon Repairing, Gear Dismantling and Guns Revealed in New Trailer

Dying Light 2 Stay Human – Weapon Repairing, Gear Dismantling and Guns Revealed in New Trailer

New co-op missions, a Tower Raid, weapon repair, Knives, Polearms, firearms and much more are coming this Fall...

Gran Turismo Sport Online Services Ending on January 31st, 2024

Gran Turismo Sport Online Services Ending on January 31st, 2024

All paid DLC will be removed from the PlayStation Store on December 1st, though offline parts of the content r...

Mortal Kombat 1 Patch Will Fix Player 1 Advantage Issue

Mortal Kombat 1 Patch Will Fix Player 1 Advantage Issue

The patch for the fighter goes live on September 29th and includes other fixes for issues like missing inputs ...

Mortal Kombat 1 Director Could Potentially be Teasing Ghostface DLC

Mortal Kombat 1 Director Could Potentially be Teasing Ghostface DLC

Evidence pointing to the iconic character from the Scream movie franchise was recently also spotted in the gam...

Witchfire Early Access Review – Witchborne

Witchfire Early Access Review – Witchborne

Witchfire hopes to meld gameplay inspired by Soulslikes and extraction shooters while trying to forge its own ...

Creative Assembly Says it “May” be Hit with Layoffs Following HYENAS Cancellation

Creative Assembly Says it “May” be Hit with Layoffs Following HYENAS Cancellation

The studio says it will try and minimize job losses and "work to re-allocate" affected employees to other avai...