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Source: LA Times
The mania surrounding Pokemon Go continued Thursday as more users found themselves in precarious situations while playing the augmented reality game.
In North San Diego County, two men fell off a bluff while playing the smartphone game, while farther north in Anaheim, a player was stabbed by group of men in a park recently.
The incidents come as law enforcement agencies across the nation are reporting a plethora of Pokemon-related attacks and odd happenings since the game was released last week.
On Wednesday, firefighters rescued two men who fell several stories off the crumbling sandstone bluff in Encinitas, according to authorities. The men, who were in their early 20s, were playing Pokemon Go at the time and likely were led to the cliff when they were trying to catch characters, said Sgt. Rich Eaton of the San Diego County Sheriffs Department.
One man fell 75 to 100 feet. As firefighters rescued the man, they found the second man unconscious 50 feet down the bluff, said Battalion Chief Robbie Ford of the Encinitas Fire Department. Both were taken to area trauma centers and suffered moderate injuries, he said.
Read more: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-pokemon-go-players-stabbed-fall-off-cliff-20160714-snap-story.html
niyad
(113,323 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Outcomes of people not paying attention to the real world while they play.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Glassunion
(10,201 posts)Does that count?
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Especially if it was recently deceased, perhaps the police can more easily ID the victim and give a family closure.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Person 2713
(3,263 posts)liberal N proud
(60,335 posts)He was playing Pokémon and slipped on a rock.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)Pikachu juju?
tblue37
(65,391 posts)tblue37
(65,391 posts)bhikkhu
(10,718 posts)and don't really know how to manage...bound to be some mishaps, but I'm glad they will be alright.
I nearly broke both my feet climbing cliffs on the central California coast many years ago, couldn't walk for weeks. Pokemon weren't involved.
Sen. Walter Sobchak
(8,692 posts)It's better than it was when I was a kid, but I wouldn't go there after dark. The sketchy motels attract a bad sort.
Javaman
(62,530 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Paladin
(28,262 posts)hobbit709
(41,694 posts)meow2u3
(24,764 posts)Sorry. Couldn't resist.