\"For all those out there playing Pokemon Go, take heed of all of the warnings and be careful not to put yourself into bad situations,\" fire and rescue officials wrote on the department's Facebook page. \"Think about what you are doing and where you are going before you actually do it.\"
That post was later taken down due to \"inappropriate comments and foul language used,\" the department said in a subsequent post.
2. Drive Into a Parked Police Car in Front of 3 Officers
Earlier this week, a distracted driver playing \"Pokemon Go\" in Baltimore was caught on video swerving and then crashing into a parked police car.
In the video, which was recorded by an officer's body camera, the driver can be seen stepping out of the car to show the game on his cell phone to police.
\"That's what I get for playing this dumb [a--] game,\" the driver can be heard saying.
3. Jump Out of a Car in the Middle of a Street
Dozens of people were recorded jumping out of their cars and running to catch a Vaporeon that had apparently spawned in Central Park this past weekend.
A journalist in New York reportedly witnessed a man tell his girlfriend to \"hold the train\" so he could finish catching Pokemon. Needless to say, she left without him.
A guy just told his girlfriend to hold the train while he caught a Pokémon and she got on and left without him.
A New Zealand man quit his job as a barista bartender at a seaside restaurant to become a full-time Pokemon hunter, according to BBC's Newsbeat, which added he's relying on friends and family to help him out as he travels the country to \"catch 'em all.\"
One man fell about 50 feet, and the other feel around 90 feet, The Associated Press reported. Both survived and were taken to a hospital with moderate injuries.
7. Walk Into a Pond
A man in New York was walking towards a lure in Prospect Park when he fell into a pond, he wrote in the description of the live-stream video he caught of the incident.
8. Play While at a Funeral
A photo showing a Squirtle sighting at what appears to be a funeral has made rounds on the internet.
But it looks like the idea hasn't worked out for all drone users. This YouTuber tweeted that he crashed his $1,000 drone while attempting to use it to play \"Pokemon Go.\"
Just crashed my drone recording for my Pokemon GO series ???? almost killed @NoBoomGaming sorry Bruh
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