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Someone found a dead body while playing Pokemon Go

Published 19:29 9 Jul 2016 BST

Updated 20:22 9 Jul 2016 BST

Tom Victor
Someone found a dead body while playing Pokemon Go

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Pokemon Go has been rolled out in a number of countries worldwide, and it's all that anyone can talk about.

Even before the free-to-play app's launch in the UK, gamers have been having a lot of fun going round their neighbourhood trying to catch 'em all. The app - which has no official UK release date - has proved so popular that it has caused server crashes. https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp/status/751514304365473792 But things took a terrifying turn for one American, who stumbled across a dead body when playing the game. KCWY News 13 reports that Shayla Wiggins, 19, found the body in a river near her Wyoming home. “As I looked one way, I noticed that there was something in the water in front of me, and so I took a closer look and saw it was a body," Wiggins told BuzzFeed. “I was crying and shaking really bad because it was a very scary situation.” According to a statement from Fremont County Undersheriff Ryan Lee, the death is thought to be accidental. Further details may be made public once an autopsy has been carried out.

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