Kids lured to notorious dogging site as safety fears begin to grow over Pokemon Go
App, which is more googled than porn, prompts warnings from authorities over risk it poses to young children
KIDS are being lured to dogging sites by Pokemon Go as safety fears over the craze grow.
Fans hunting the app monsters have been led to spots where people have sex outdoors.
One Pokestop, where players bag free items in the game, is Rhodes Lodge nature reserve in Manchester, where police have increased patrols to stop doggers.
A gamer in the city said: “Pokemon Go takes you to all sorts of places, but one shouldn’t be a dogging site. The game is massively popular with younger people.
“The makers should have put a bit more thought into the types of places it designates as a Pokestop.”
Harry Sims, 19, of Brentwood, Essex, says his mother has banned him from a Pokemon Gym, where users can battle each other.
He said: “Thorndon Country Park is notorious for dogging. It shouldn’t be a Pokemon hotspot.”
The app, more googled than porn, prompted warnings from authorities over the risk it poses to kids.
The NSPCC said of Pokemon Go, released in Britain last week: “Basic safety standards appear to have been overlooked”.”