In the past few days, a rare Pokémon has been spotted in Tokyo’s Odaiba. Loads of people have shown up to catch it, and the crowds have become so big that the police were called in to handle the situation.
Which has looked like this:
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Damn. Folks have been running to catchLapras, ignoring traffic lights in the process and causing all sorts of headaches, hazards and potential accidents. Because of the Pokémon’s location, people are overwhelming the roads and spilling out into traffic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDNu-mSu7CU
Twitter users have been calling this a “Lapras panic.”
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【ポケモンGO】お台場でのラプラス騒動、警視庁からナイアンティックに改善要請！！！ https://t.co/KFmCLsI1TG pic.twitter.com/OFXdyuc6eT
— ポケモンGOアンテナ (@pocket_go_ant1) September 21, 2016
「レアポケモン」求め、お台場大混乱 ルール無視に警察も出動https://t.co/j1pUWX8yPw
「台場にラプラス出現」情報でトレーナー殺到。そりは大変ですね（白目— 佐藤龍一 (@RyuichiSato) September 19, 2016
ラプラスが車両専用道路に出現して、お台場中のトレーナーが一気に押し寄せて警察出動。
結局ラプラスはとれなかった、、、 pic.twitter.com/p7bIysM4BK— 🥦ﾏﾖ🥦 (@maroTTmaro) September 18, 2016
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According to NHK, the police have contacted the game’s developers, asking them for their cooperation to ensure this Pocket Monster’s location is in a safer place.
As bad as the Lapras panic is, Taiwan perhaps still holds the record for the worst Pokémon Go stampedes.
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