The weird world of Pokémon Go is upon us and one thing is for sure – our lives are never going to be the same again.
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In the latest bizarre story to merge involving the game, it turns out that a guy in Boston called Boon Sheridan has had his house accidentally turned into a Poké Stop. Boon and his wife live in an old church and it’s thought that it’s because of this unique quality of his residence that it was given this status in the Pokémon world.
Since the launch of the game, Sheridan has had to deal with people showing up at all hours of the day outside his house playing the game. He seems to be making the best out of a bad situation and is documenting it on his Twitter account in a fairly cheerful manner though:
Living in an old church means many things. Today it means my house is a Pokémon Go gym. This should be fascinating.
— Boon Sheridan (Parody) (@boonerang) July 9, 2016
For the record, I've counted 15 people stopping by and lingering in their phones so far. I think at least three car visits as well.
— Boon Sheridan (Parody) (@boonerang) July 9, 2016
When a car with two or more kids in the backseat on their phones parks for 20 minutes I'm counting it as a gym visit.
— Boon Sheridan (Parody) (@boonerang) July 9, 2016
I'm working on a sign for the front, something like "Train well, play with honor, leave as friends" or something equally cornball.
— Boon Sheridan (Parody) (@boonerang) July 9, 2016
At the very least something asking players to tweet hello to us, since we're kinda the gym owners and I wanna meet my visitors.
— Boon Sheridan (Parody) (@boonerang) July 9, 2016
These cats figured it out, the bench in the park across the street is close enough to be ‘in’ the gym. pic.twitter.com/HAlVp84cd6
— Boon Sheridan (Parody) (@boonerang) July 9, 2016
I just realized all the people walking or driving up, lingering, then moving on could easily make this place look like a dealer’s house.
— Boon Sheridan (Parody) (@boonerang) July 9, 2016
I’ve officially stopped counting after easily 30+ people walking up and as many cars pulling up for a few minutes.
— Boon Sheridan (Parody) (@boonerang) July 9, 2016
Does having a gym layered on my house enhance or detract from my home’s value?
— Boon Sheridan (Parody) (@boonerang) July 10, 2016
Woohoo! I met the owner of my gym. Nice guy. pic.twitter.com/uujdC3JYbA
— Boon Sheridan (Parody) (@boonerang) July 10, 2016
“Are you training?”
“Heck yeah, this is *my* gym!”
“Cool, this is *my* house! We should be friends."— Boon Sheridan (Parody) (@boonerang) July 10, 2016
This is what I'm a little leery of. People pulled up, blocking my drive way as they sit on their phones. pic.twitter.com/WpRbilk6g6
— Boon Sheridan (Parody) (@boonerang) July 10, 2016
My nephew just found out about the gym and a campaign to visit us is underway. Ah, those sweet, sweet "Cool Uncle" points.
— Boon Sheridan (Parody) (@boonerang) July 11, 2016
Sounds kinda fun to be meeting all those new people right? And these are only the best tweets on his timeline, there’s a hell of a lot more and he raises a lot of interesting questions about property values, privacy and safety in this post Pokémon Go world. Yes, I think that’s going to be a phrase we’re using a lot in the coming months.
Sheridan’s tried to report it to Nintendo, but right now you can only report a Poké Stop if it actually poses physical danger to players. Unfortunately, Sheridan getting angry doesn’t qualify it in this category yet but you would expect that to change in the coming days as more ridiculous stories begin to emerge about the game.
Did you hear about what happened with the Westboro Baptist Church and Pokemon Go yesterday?
