A trainer in Minnesota, USA, experienced something strange while playing Pokémon Go with her daughter. She was stopped by the police. Neighbors found it suspicious that a car was aimlessly driving around despite the Corona lockdown.
This is how the trip began: People in the USA are also feeling cooped up right now. Due to the threat posed by the novel Corona virus, many households are under stay-at-home restrictions or quarantine. This is also the case for Amy Kellems, a resident of Lino Lakes, a city with 20,000 inhabitants in Minnesota.
So Amy Kellems decided to escape her home and distract herself with gaming. She put her 12-year-old daughter in the car and drove around the streets to hunt in Pokémon GO. After all, the neighborhood was empty; everyone was at home in self-quarantine.
Normally, Amy would take her bike for such a Pokémon tour, but because of social distancing, she opted for the car. Better safe than sorry.
Concerned neighbors alert the police
This is why the police arrived: Some neighbors observed from a distance and found it suspicious that a car was seemingly driving aimlessly through the empty streets. They reported the vehicle with “multiple calls” to the police, who then located the mother and daughter just minutes away from their home.
After Amy explained to the officers that they were just catching Pokémon, the problem was resolved.
Amy posted the incident on the neighborhood network Nextdoor.
Remorseful neighbor apologizes with cool cake
This is how the neighbors reacted: One of the neighbors who had called the police to report the suspicious vehicle saw the post on Nextdoor and apparently felt quite silly.
Ultimately, they only knew one way to apologize. A few days later, there was a ring at Amy Kellems’ door, and the neighbor Victoria stood at a safe distance at the door. She apologized and brought a Pokémon cake with the inscription: “Sorry for sending the cops after you.”
The photo of the cake then went viral on Facebook. A sign of good neighborliness in strange times.
At the beginning of April, we reported on some bizarre incidents where trainers who were out hunting in Pokémon GO were sent home by police.
