Little boy runs away from home after mum deletes 'Pokémon Go', sister Snapchats it all
This escalated quickly.
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LONDON -- Parents, be warned: if you delete your child's Pokémon Go app as a form of punishment, they won't respond well.
The 10-year-old Scottish boy in the video below is clear proof of this. According to his sister Stephanie McIntyre's Snapchat story, he was so frustrated over all those lost Pokémon that he decided to run away from home.
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The outcome of Kyle's adventure isn't clear from the story, but from the sounds of that last Snap he's temporarily staying with another relative while he cools off/starts re-building his Pokémon collection.
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