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Pokémon GO appeared in the United States in early July 2016, and the augmented reality game became an enormous hit almost overnight. As so often happens when something unexpectedly explodes onto the scene, Pokémon GO spawned a large number of stories, very quickly. Some stories were true (such as police in Missouri warning that robbers were luring people out of their homes using the app), but most had no truth to them at all (like the 15-year-old who was shot and killed while playing the game, or the man who caused a major traffic pileup as he searched for Pikachu). Therefore, it was natural to be suspicious of the following story about 21-year-old Michael Baker getting stabbed while playing Pokémon GO, which sounded more like cultural commentary than an actual, real event: While were weren't able to verify whether he was actually looking for chips and beer, Baker's story is, in fact, real (and easy enough to track down). The Forest Grove police blotter, which is published by news outlet OregonLive every week, mentioned his stabbing in its 10 July 2016 entry: Baker told news outlets he was probably in shock, and eventually did go to get his wound looked at: Friends of his appeared shocked, but unsurprised: We spoke to the Forest Grove police department, who confirmed the circumstances of the stabbing, but added that Baker was most likely not attacked because of the game.
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