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| The top five most surprising stories about Pokémon Go ... so far | |
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| Catching cheating boyfriends, stumbling across dead bodies and advertising one’s services as a professional Pokémon Go trainer – less than a week since the launch of the virtual-meets-real-world app Pokémon Go and the stories it has sparked are kookier than the names of the critters its fans are trying to catch. | Catching cheating boyfriends, stumbling across dead bodies and advertising one’s services as a professional Pokémon Go trainer – less than a week since the launch of the virtual-meets-real-world app Pokémon Go and the stories it has sparked are kookier than the names of the critters its fans are trying to catch. |
| Cheating boyfriend | Cheating boyfriend |
| Evan Scribner, a resident of Sunnyside, Queens, told the New York Post that his girlfriend spotted his infidelities after accessing his Pokémon Go app and noticing that he’d caught a Pokémon in the exact location of his ex-girlfriend’s house in Bushwick, Brooklyn. | Evan Scribner, a resident of Sunnyside, Queens, told the New York Post that his girlfriend spotted his infidelities after accessing his Pokémon Go app and noticing that he’d caught a Pokémon in the exact location of his ex-girlfriend’s house in Bushwick, Brooklyn. |
| Related: How Pokémon Go took over the world in a weekend | Related: How Pokémon Go took over the world in a weekend |
| “She saw that I had caught a Pokémon while at my ex’s house,” Scribner told the Post. “She found out last night at my house and hasn’t contacted me since then.” | “She saw that I had caught a Pokémon while at my ex’s house,” Scribner told the Post. “She found out last night at my house and hasn’t contacted me since then.” |
| Professional Pokémon trainer | Professional Pokémon trainer |
| No time to spend your summer days walking the streets in search of Pokestops when you also have a real job? No problem. Craigslist ads are now popping up for Pokémon trainers, with prices in New York City ranging from $20-30 per hour. | No time to spend your summer days walking the streets in search of Pokestops when you also have a real job? No problem. Craigslist ads are now popping up for Pokémon trainers, with prices in New York City ranging from $20-30 per hour. |
| Arthur, a 26-year-old lifelong Pokémon fan, is offering his services for $25 per hour: | Arthur, a 26-year-old lifelong Pokémon fan, is offering his services for $25 per hour: |
| I can focus on catching a specific species of Pokémon to evolve for you. I can focus on training up your Pokémon to get your local gyms on lockdown. I can focus on catching Pokémon of a specific type. And of course, I will gladly walk out of my way to find new Pokémon to add to your Pokédex. | I can focus on catching a specific species of Pokémon to evolve for you. I can focus on training up your Pokémon to get your local gyms on lockdown. I can focus on catching Pokémon of a specific type. And of course, I will gladly walk out of my way to find new Pokémon to add to your Pokédex. |
| Journalist and Pokémon fan Ivy St Ive also offered her services for $20 an hour: | Journalist and Pokémon fan Ivy St Ive also offered her services for $20 an hour: |
| I will walk around in 1-4 hour shifts signed in to your account capturing every single Pokemon I come into contact with, activating every Poke Stop I pass and walking nonstop to help hatch your eggs. I’ll even send you hourly updates while you’re at work/class/on a hot date informing you of any really exciting things I’ve come across for you. | I will walk around in 1-4 hour shifts signed in to your account capturing every single Pokemon I come into contact with, activating every Poke Stop I pass and walking nonstop to help hatch your eggs. I’ll even send you hourly updates while you’re at work/class/on a hot date informing you of any really exciting things I’ve come across for you. |
| God help us all. https://t.co/JIUVRgNqMf pic.twitter.com/fyOvwmDWdP | God help us all. https://t.co/JIUVRgNqMf pic.twitter.com/fyOvwmDWdP |
| AP Stylebook tick of approval | AP Stylebook tick of approval |
| The harbingers of published grammar, AP Stylebook, announced today the rules for writing about Pokémon Go. The official website of Pokémon Go spells the app’s name with an accent but AP Stylebook has decreed the accent over the “e” must disappear. It also deemed the term “Pokestop” OK (hence why we felt safe using it earlier). | The harbingers of published grammar, AP Stylebook, announced today the rules for writing about Pokémon Go. The official website of Pokémon Go spells the app’s name with an accent but AP Stylebook has decreed the accent over the “e” must disappear. It also deemed the term “Pokestop” OK (hence why we felt safe using it earlier). |
| Just to put this in perspective, AP Stylebook only permitted from 1 June of this year that internet could be written without a capital “i”. | Just to put this in perspective, AP Stylebook only permitted from 1 June of this year that internet could be written without a capital “i”. |
| Dead bodies and funeral games | Dead bodies and funeral games |
| A 19-year-old girl in Wyoming stumbled across a dead body in a river while playing Pokémon Go over the weekend. | A 19-year-old girl in Wyoming stumbled across a dead body in a river while playing Pokémon Go over the weekend. |
| “I was trying to get a Pokemon from a natural water resource,” said Shayla Wiggins. “I was walking towards the bridge along the shore when I saw something in the water ... I had to take a second look and I realized it was a body,” she added. | “I was trying to get a Pokemon from a natural water resource,” said Shayla Wiggins. “I was walking towards the bridge along the shore when I saw something in the water ... I had to take a second look and I realized it was a body,” she added. |
| Even if people aren’t stumbling across dead bodies, they are finding plenty of Pokémon in completely inappropriate places, such as coffins at funerals or next to their wife in hospital giving birth. | Even if people aren’t stumbling across dead bodies, they are finding plenty of Pokémon in completely inappropriate places, such as coffins at funerals or next to their wife in hospital giving birth. |
| Which is worse, a Pokemon being at a funeral home mid-wake, or me knowing that he's there? pic.twitter.com/vLE5oKa3Vd | Which is worse, a Pokemon being at a funeral home mid-wake, or me knowing that he's there? pic.twitter.com/vLE5oKa3Vd |
| O Canada, no Pokémon Go | O Canada, no Pokémon Go |
| Our fine neighbors to the north might have Justin Trudeau but they don’t have Pokémon Go. At least not officially – although many are finding ways of skirting the system through third-party apps. But Canadians still have their sense of humor, creating piles of memes about the Pokémon Go shortage. | Our fine neighbors to the north might have Justin Trudeau but they don’t have Pokémon Go. At least not officially – although many are finding ways of skirting the system through third-party apps. But Canadians still have their sense of humor, creating piles of memes about the Pokémon Go shortage. |
| we don't need #PokemonGO in Canada because we already have real ones roaming the country 🇨🇦 @Pokemon pic.twitter.com/OBO5V9epCO | we don't need #PokemonGO in Canada because we already have real ones roaming the country 🇨🇦 @Pokemon pic.twitter.com/OBO5V9epCO |
| Me playing Pokemon Go in Canada like: pic.twitter.com/S9cbQuogIp | Me playing Pokemon Go in Canada like: pic.twitter.com/S9cbQuogIp |
| When you live in a country that doesn't have @Pokemon GO yet! 😂😂 #PokemonGO https://t.co/YQA168ldbF | When you live in a country that doesn't have @Pokemon GO yet! 😂😂 #PokemonGO https://t.co/YQA168ldbF |
| I hope #PokemonGO gets to Canada soon because I'm worried about @EvanChambers' desperation and cries for help pic.twitter.com/wQ1jTjisgA | I hope #PokemonGO gets to Canada soon because I'm worried about @EvanChambers' desperation and cries for help pic.twitter.com/wQ1jTjisgA |