They changed the image as a reference to this news story about a player using Pokémon Go and finding a dead body in real life.
Pokemon Go is a new Nintendo mobile game that makes players find Pokemon in the real world using augmented reality and a mobile device’s location. The game instructs players to go to different locations out in the real world, and depending on the location the player travels to, a Pokemon character will appear for the player to catch.
A player named Shayla Wiggings was looking for a water Pokemon, so she traveled to a nearby river in Riverton, Wyoming. Surprisingly during her Pokemon search, she noticed something floating in the water and in turned out to be a dead body.
Here are more details from
Kotaku.com
It was pretty shocking,” Wiggins said. “I didn’t really know what to do at first. But I called 911 right away and they came really quickly.”
Kotaku contacted the Fremont County Sherriff’s office, who confirmed that the authorities were investigating the death of an adult male “discovered by a local resident who was walking in the area” near a river. Additionally, Wiggins’ mother, Shawna, also confirmed to us that this incredible story was true.
“[Shayla] was upset at first [she is] better now!,” Shawna said.
Right now, the authorities are still trying to identify the body, though they note that “there is no evidence of foul play” as the death “appears to be accidental in nature.”
Shayla says that she did not capture the water Pokemon that she was after, because she stopped playing to call the police. “[The police] didn’t really know what [Pokemon Go] was. They’re were just like ‘okay,’” Shayla said. “I was like, extremely scared, I didn’t know what to do…I was shaking and crying,” Shayla said. While she feels better now, Shayla says that she hasn’t gotten a chance to play much more of
Pokémon Go.
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