TIFU by getting myself stuck in snow because of a game
Hi all! I am new to this Subreddit, and thought I'd share my story that unfortunately happened this morning at around 7:30 or so.
For context: about a month ago, the city that I live in got hit with a MASSIVE snow storm, resulting in over 42 centimeters of snow. With the temperatures getting warmer, that snow decided to start melting, which I didn't realize until it was too late.
I'm twenty years old and a big fan of the Pokémon series, and I've started playing Pokémon GO since February of 2023, and one of the main things you do is put your little monsters into these pinpointed areas on an IRL map called Gyms, to accumulate the currency used in the shop, which is the only way of getting said currency for free.
There is one of these Gyms close by on a trail near my house, that starts by a "Tot Lot" aka a playground for children, and I foolishly decided "You know what, sure! Let's go on this path of roughly 1.7 feet of snow, surely nothing goes wrong!"
I made it to the Gym area safely, but didn't want to go back the way I came as I feared I'd get stuck in the snow, and took the path further into the trail, which I didn't realize was about twice or thrice as long. I ended up getting stuck to the point where I'd get scrapes on my left leg from trying to wedge out of the snow.
I grabbed my phone, and immediately called my #1 in case of emergency line; my mom. I was sobbing profusely at this point, starting off the call with "I MADE A MASSIVE MISTAKE!" and asked my parents for some help to get me out of the snow I was stuck in.
Due to some miscommunication on my part, my mom was searching by the wrong area, and my dad called asking me which trail I went by, and I told him the trail. He found me, sobbing, sitting down. I was afraid to get back up, worrying I'd just fall deeper, and he helped me get out, until I got REALLY stuck. But thankfully, my mom found us, as we were near the public library, and got me out.
One hot bath later, and now I have a sore, scraped leg, a bit of a bad cough, and am HEAVILY exhausted (I pulled an all-nighter as I couldn't sleep, mainly due to my depression,) but I am home safe and sound.
TL;DR: I went to an area filled with melting snow because of a Gym in Pokémon GO and got stuck numerous times, eventually needing to call for help.