So the funny thing about Pokemon GO is that all of the gyms (at least in my area) lead me to churches. Methodist churches, Korean churches, Catholic churches, one Baptist church that was just a pokestop...
It was 4AM, and because I wanted to claim all of the ones that were as of yet unclaimed (there were 4 or 5 within a couple minutes' driving distance of one another) I suppose I did look sort of sketchy pulling into church parking lots, parking for a few minutes and leaving. Cue police officer driving past.
But it's ok. He's making a U-Turn and is going the opposite direction...no problem.
I make my way to the next location (this one being the baptist church that happened to be a pokestop) and as I'm pulling out of the parking lot I've already got my next destination picked out.
..Cue police officer driving past.
But he's going the opposite way, no problem. Feeling sort of anxious, though, because I understand that I look sort of sketchy here. Assuming this is the same guy, he's seen me pull out of two church parking lots already.
I go ahead and cap the next gym and just drive around for a bit (I enjoy driving in general) and notice another gym. A bit too late, though, because I already passed it and now I've got to turn around.
I turn onto one of the neighborhood streets, use a strangers' driveway to turn myself around and coast to the stop sign.
Cue police officer driving past.
Okay. No problem, low chance of this being the same guy and all.
He's heading North, and my next gym is to the South, so I make my left turn and.. SHIT. Shit. Oh shit.
Police officer makes a U-Turn (the kind they do when they're about to floor it and ride your ass with their flashing lights going) and I throw my phone in the passenger seat, put on my seatbelt and drive no faster than the posted speed limit for what feels like an eternity. I'm pretty close to home, and having a police vehicle tail you is pretty huge turn-off when it comes to relaxing nighttime driving, so I make a path for the house. He starts to give me a little more room, so I relax a bit and exhale some of the anxiety I'd been keeping in.
I eventually take my left.
He takes a left, still close behind.
Ok.
At this point he still hasn't turned his flashing lights on so I just remind myself that I'm close to home and that I have nothing to worry about. I slow to a stop at an intersection, and ...red and blue flash, bright as fuck.
Heart does a strange combo of sinking in my chest and a panic-y thumping sensation that won't go away. Super fuckin freaked out. Like he knows I'm driving about, playing pokemon go and he's here to bust my ass. Motherfucker's going to take my license, my phone, transfer all of my pokemon to the professor and then put me in jail.
It uh, went much differently than expected. Very nice fellow. I definitely went straight home, though.
tl;dr drove around playing pokemon go, got tailed and eventually pulled over by a police officer and he spooked me so good i went straight home.
