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10 Weird Happenings Thanks To Pokemon Go

Finding a Meowth under your desk is tame compared to these incidents

By Pamela Chow; Featured image: NickMastodon / Twitter

The lot of us haven't so much as laid eyes on the Pokemon Go app icon yet, and already we're inundated with news and weird happenings that occurred thanks to the viral mobile game.

If you don't want to read through all the articles about Pokemon Go but are still somehow curious about what strange things could happen, here are 10 that already have.

Take these incidents as cautionary tales for when Pokemon Go finally launches in Singapore. Whenever that might be.

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Photo: Sonny Truyen / Facebook

3. When this guy lost his cool – and his job

Developer launches a game based on a popular Japanese franchise – and releases in several other regions but Asia. Getting upset and disappointed is justifiable, but one man took it a little far by unleashing his anger on his (public) Facebook account.

Truyen had flown to Singapore to work in a local company, and took his anger out by insulting the country in this post and in a rage-filled comment to another Facebook user. Drawing vitriol from netizens, Truyen was promptly fired from his new job.

Looks like Team Rocket’s blasting off again.

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