Is Pokémon Go Causing A Crime Wave?

Pokémon Go became a legitimate cultural phenomenon this weekend, but a few teenagers already figured out how to use it to rob people. Good going!

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00:00 Pokemon Go has done the world a great service by luring the nerds out of hiding, where they

00:04 can be tagged and identified in the upcoming dystopian murder-scape.

00:07 So here are just a few crazy things that happened over the weekend while people were playing

00:11 Pokemon Go.

00:12 A couple of teenagers in Missouri used a lure module to get people to come to their location.

00:18 Players thought they were visiting a Pokestop, but actually they were being robbed.

00:22 At gunpoint.

00:23 "The kid in the back passenger seat had a silver pistol and he got out of the car and

00:27 put it in my face.

00:28 He told me to lose my stuff."

00:30 Luckily, police arrested the suspects who had committed 10 robberies that night.

00:33 Good job police.

00:34 It's the first time a black person said that on camera in the past month.

00:39 A 19-year-old woman in Wyoming was hunting for a Pokemon when she spotted a dead body

00:44 floating in the river.

00:45 "I seen something in the water and I just tried to see what it was.

00:46 I just looked a little closer and I found a person just face down in the water."

00:54 Police say the cause of death was likely an accidental drowning.

00:57 But the most horrifying Pokemon Go incident thankfully turned out to be a fake one.

01:01 Cartel Press reported a man caused a massive freeway accident when he stopped in the middle

01:06 of the road to catch a Pikachu.

01:09 It got shared a bunch of times, but it never happened.

01:11 We all just gave him clicks.

01:13 You got me this time, bitch.

01:15 So Pokemon Go has caused some issues, but you know who don't give a f--k?

01:20 Nintendo.

01:21 Their stock soared 25% this morning, adding a cool $7 billion to their company value.

01:27 Now let's go on ahead and read some comments.

01:30 The UW-Madison Police Department says, "Dear everyone, watch where you are walking.

01:35 Pokemon aren't worth it.

01:36 Hugs.

01:37 UWPD."

01:38 Christopher Dalko writes, "The internet right now is either Pokemon or racism.

01:43 Great world we live in."

01:44 Tom Brayhan writes, "Neighbor with 5-year-old last night.

01:47 Jesus Christ the nearest Pokemon is a mile away.

01:50 We'll get some tomorrow, honey.

01:52 Daddy drank too much."

01:53 For more trends like these, head over to whatstrending.com.