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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What's the best train line to snag an Onix? @PokemonGOMetro is already on it https://t.co/A7ZbvzDIg2 pic.twitter.com/ovMjhlepe5

— 89.3 KPCC (@KPCC) July 14, 2016

5. Government agency hops on the bandwagon

State-run LA Metro was quick to join the fun, setting up a separate Twitter account dedicated to giving players tips on where to capture Pokemon at stops or inside trains.

You can follow the account at @PokemonGOMetro. Someone alert LTA, SMRT and SBS!

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Update: A representative of Niantic, the developer of Pokemon Go, has announced that there are currently no plans for release of the app outside of New Zealand, Australia, the US and Germany, as reported by IGN.