How Pokemon Go can get you robbed, injured and more

Robbing in the time of Augmented Reality

A bunch of robbers used the game to lure unsuspecting victims towards a desolate parking lot in Missouri. The four of them were charged with first degree robbery, a felony, and had to have a bond set at $100,000 cash.

The Guardian published a police statement from another news source that puts the incident into rather scary perspective: "Seeing a Pikachu on the sidewalk in front of you is a fan's digital dream come true."

Physical injury and/or finding dead bodies

There are already reports of people injuring themselves while trying to locate a Pikachu. There's a Reddit thread as well on it here, where the injured person wrote: Not even 30 minutes after the release last night, I slipped and fell down a ditch. Fractured the fifth metatarsal bone in my foot, 6-8 weeks for recovery. I told all the doctors I was walking my dog lol... Watch where you're going, folks!

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Here's another distraught user:

I can't wear my cute shoes because I sustained a Pokémon related injury last night. 😕 #worthit

— jennifer laughran (@literaticat) July 10, 2016

Resident of Riverton, Wyoming, Shayla Wiggins was trying to find a Pokemon from "from a natural water resource" but ended up finding a dead body instead. The Independent quotes her saying: "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."

Cops caught in Pokemon frenzy?

Police personnel in Australia were forced to make a statement about Pokemon Go after a number of users kept trying to barge into a Darwin police station to capture a character called Sandshrew. They issued a notice and also a note on Facebook elaborating:

For those budding Pokemon Trainers out there using Pokemon Go - whilst the Darwin Police Station may feature as a Pokestop, please be advised that you don't actually have to step inside in order to gain the pokeballs.

It's also a good idea to look up, away from your phone and both ways before crossing the street. That Sandshrew isn't going anywhere fast.

Stay safe and catch 'em all!

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What's better than the police trying to be nice about not letting gamers invade the police station? A conspiracy theory which sort of accuses the police of trying to keep Sandshrews for themselves so they can win. Yes. Check out the report at the end of this Verge piece here.

If you want to see some more quirky -- or just plain ridiculous -- situations some people have found themselves in while hunting for Squirtle, Charmander or Pikachu, head here to look at ten times Pokemon Go took it too damn far.