A Man From the U.K. Literally Threw His Phone to Catch Pokémon

Don't throw your phone it doesn't work#PokemonGO pic.twitter.com/vT3DhrsRJ5

— Martin (@OfficiallyMJB) July 6, 2016

Meet Martin, a resident from York, UK who is teaching the internet how NOT to catch em’ all.

The images below contain images from his lesson. First he asked his friends how to catch the Charmander…

He took the advice to literally …

His friends lost all confidence in him shortly after..

Indy 100 caught up with Martin after the tweet went viral, “I do find it funny how people are split over whether it was “fake” or not. At the end of the day, people will think what they want. I even saw some people trying to piece together the timeline of how it happened with the timestamps on my messages and tweets.Some people need to lighten up a bit and stop taking it so seriously.“

Here are some of the response tweets that he received..

@SomeEnchanting @OfficiallyMJB for only 2 cents a day you could join the fight to help those like Martin overcome these injustices

— Nycole (@JayceeNycole17) July 6, 2016

@OfficiallyMJB @nickmon1112 Martin should toss it in the microwave. I hear it does wonders for removing scratches.

— Cheshire (@BreathOfTehWild) July 6, 2016

Some people were more sympathetic

@OfficiallyMJB this is honestly something I'd do

— katie | spain!! (@downtowndjh) July 7, 2016

ohhh Martin