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Little Tich

(6,171 posts)
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 09:54 PM Jul 2016

2 California men fall off edge of ocean bluff while playing 'Pokemon Go'

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 Sheriff’s 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

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Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
2. I think we need a running thread with the tragic
Thu Jul 14, 2016, 10:06 PM
Jul 2016

Outcomes of people not paying attention to the real world while they play.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
18. Yeah, I would think so.
Fri Jul 15, 2016, 12:02 PM
Jul 2016

Especially if it was recently deceased, perhaps the police can more easily ID the victim and give a family closure.

bhikkhu

(10,718 posts)
11. I just have an image of people who haven't been outdoors in ages
Fri Jul 15, 2016, 02:14 AM
Jul 2016

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)
12. I seriously doubt the junkies in Schweitzer Park cared that he was playing Pokemon
Fri Jul 15, 2016, 03:01 AM
Jul 2016

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.

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