Dad Catches Pokemon Go Pidgey While His Wife is in Labour

Dad Catches Pokemon Go Pidgey While His Wife is in Labour

A dad who played the latest mobile game craze, Pokémon Go, has spotted a pidgey while his wife gave birth and shared the photo to the rest of the world.

Jonathan Theriot told BuzzFeed he was playing the augmented reality game which allows players to capture virtual Pokémon in the real world when he and his wife were waiting for her C-section to start. He took a photo of them when suddenly, a Pidgey appeared in his phone, so he immediately caught it and got a screenshot of it.

“As soon as it popped up, I was like, oh my gosh, there’s a Pidgey sitting on your bed!” he said. “So, I screenshotted it, then caught it and showed it to her.”

Jonathan posted it on Imgur where it immediately went viral with more than 1.7 million views.

Some people criticised Jonathan for “playing a stupid game” while his wife is in labour, but he said, his wife “wasn’t mad at all.”

“She just kind of laughed at it,” he said. “It was primarily an eyeroll once she realized what I was doing.”

Some people on social media suggested they name their new daughter, Pidgey, but Jonathan and Jessica didn’t heed to their suggestion and named their third daughter, Ireland Sage Theriot, who was born Thursday morning.