The "Pokemon Go" for smartphones was released last week and the result was just phenomenal. The game instantly became the top selling app in iPhone store, as soon as it was made available in the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
"Pokemon Go" requires its players to use their mobile phone's camera and walk around the town to search and capture virtual monsters. However, since the players explore the area they are in, there have been many odd reports of people walking into restricted places and there was even one who found a dead body after being led to the woods to catch Pokemon.
The increasing reports of the dangerous hunt by the "Pokemon Go" players have alarmed the authorities and this prompted them to issue safety guidelines when playing the game. "We have reports of people stopping in the middle of intersections, people blocking roads, driveways and it's becoming increasingly difficult to deal with and it's becoming increasingly dangerous," Australian Broadcasting News quoted Ann Edge, Tasmania police's senior constable, as saying.
She added that players should keep in mind that they cannot just walk into private properties while playing "Pokemon Go" because that is still considered as trespassing. But after issuing this warning, it was reported that a man named Boon Sheridan complained that his home was actually ‘invaded' by some of the players.
It turned out that the game mislabeled his home as the "Pokemon Go" gym so there are people flocking to his property. It was assumed that his home was tagged as a gym because it used to be a church. It can be noted that gyms in the game are places where the players can gather and fight to take ownership of the captured Pokemon. On July 10, Sheridan wrote on his Twitter, "Living in an old church means many things. Today it means my house is a Pokémon Go gym. This should be fascinating."
The homeowner also said that he want to talk to his neighbors because many people who they do not know have been coming at any hour and they cannot stop them. Sheridan went on to disclosed that so far, he counted three cars and 15 people who dropped by with their phones in hand, apparently playing.
Meanwhile, as developers of "Pokemon Go" promised to fix the issue, Sheridan suggested that perhaps, they can just slightly change the coordinates because it turned out that there is a park in front of his house which the players can really use as a gym.
"A simple fix may be nudging the coordinates a few degrees and then everyone's happier. The neighborhood keeps the gym, and I get a little more privacy," Sheridan tweeted.
Watch how Buzzfeed depicts how "Pokemon Go" players hunt for pokemons:
