Has Pokemon gone too far? A Twitter user captured the chaos that ensued when an animated creature appeared in Central Park, New York. Crowds of Pokemon Go players swarmed to the park, some even driving there from other parts of New York City, to catch a Vaporeon.Izzy Nobre captured the video, writing: "A Vaporeon popped up in the middle of Central Park and this happened."One Twitter user asked: "What has happened to the world?" And a outraged social media user said: ''I honestly am wondering if we're on the verge of a global breakdown.''The game has benefited its creators, Nintendo, shooting its stock value up by 36% in just two days.Pokemon Go, only the company's second foray into smartphone gaming, was downloaded by millions of users in a matter of days.The "augmented reality" app uses a smartphone's camera to superimpose animated Pokemon creatures onto the real world, and encourages players to walk around a neighbourhood to catch different virtual creatures. The game is free but players can buy additional items to give them an edge, leading investors to speculate that Nintendo can cash in on the same wave that has proved lucrative for companies such as Finland's Supercell, the maker of Clash of Clans.The BBC reports that two teenagers playing Pokemon Go late at night in their car in Florida, US, were shot at by a householder who mistook them for burglars.The man reportedly said he shot at their car after they refused to stop when he challenged them. They were not hurt.Fox News reported on Thursday that the phenomenal success of Pokemon Go was fuelling public safety fears.The TV channel quoted Gerry Beyer, professor of law at Texas Tech University, as saying "Death by Pokemon is coming"."Pokemon users will have all sorts of accidents as they use the program while walking, biking, driving," he said. A Mexican taxi driver has jumped on the craze sweeping the world by driving smartphone-armed customers around in search of Pokemon Go's target creatures.Emilio Cacho, 29, a cab driver from the city of Minatitlan, in the eastern state of Veracruz, said he has received more than 20 calls since he began offering his services to "Pokemon hunters"."I didn't know about the game but I heard a lot of talk about people going out to look for Pokemons, so I thought it was a good way to make money now that the economic situation in Veracruz is so difficult," he said.He charges 130 pesos (about R105) for the first hour to pursue Pokemons, then 100 pesos for each hour thereafter. ..