It appears that even our sleepy little hamlet is just as susceptible to the scourge of passing fashion as any other town. Out only a few days, it seems half the town is now obsessed with this Pokemon Go game.

For those that aren’t familiar with it, Pokemon is a Japanese kids game 30-year-olds play where they use their cell phone to catch imaginary animals, then train those animals to attack other people’s imaginary animals. A bit brutal, but so are most kid’s pastimes.

It seems that it would make a nice diversion on an evening stroll, but some folks are going overboard right from the start. We’ve already had several medical transports from people not paying attention to where they were going, and one person (we aren’t naming names) walked smack-dab into Ol’ Mama Jones while trailing a “Diglett.” Then there was the utility worker that walked smack into the sliding glass door at Edna’s because a “Myu” appeared outside and he had to catch it.

Well, at least it motivates folks to be more active.

Of course, this isn’t the only craze that caught on in our town in recent years. I think many of us are still loathe to remember the number of broken windows during the “Disc Golf” years, or the amount of spine and back injuries when “popping” was briefly a thing.

What ever you find fun, nobody will fault you. Just please, be safe and consider your neighbors. Remember that your cell phone is a tracking device, so if you need to go into the woods to pay your respects, you may want to leave the cowtag at home.