The 15 weirdest places people have caught 'em all in 'Pokémon Go'

Squirtle get off the battlefield right now!
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Brian Koerber
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Well, that escalated quickly.

Just days after launching in the United States, Pokémon Go has become inescapable. Turns out that sending gamers out into the real world to play will not only force them to interact with other humans, but it's the perfect way to create some very weird and hysterical situations.

You never know when or where a creature may spawn, which leaves players wandering around their city in an attempt to catch something other than Pidgey. The end result, of course, is that people have caught some Pokémon in some very weird places.


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1. In a war zone

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2. At a wedding

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3. On a plane

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4. Baseball games

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5. Seriously they love baseball

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6. Even Lickitung showed up

7. Police got in on the action

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8. No pets are safe

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9. Not even birds

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10. What do you mean guac is extra, Evee?

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11. And a staggering number of them show up in bathrooms

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13. Privacy, please?

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14. Pidgey even showed up at the hospital to help this woman give birth

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15. Have some respect, Squirtle

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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