Was Ice Poseidon banned from a Pokémon store in Japan? Here’s what happened

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Ice
Poseido
had
a
st a ge
mome t
du i g
his
ece t
t ip
to
Japa
afte
secu ity
stopped
him
f om
e te i g
a
Pokémo
sto e.
Du i g
his
livest eam,
a
female
secu ity
gua d
appea ed
to
have
a
p i ted
photo
of
the
st eame
a d
epeatedly
told
him
ot
to
e te .
The
exact
easo
fo
the
photo
was
ot
explai ed,
a d
the e
is
o
official
co fi matio
that
Ice
Poseido
was
pe ma e tly
ba ed
f om
the
sto e.
Howeve ,
the
st eame
late
etu ed
wea i g
diffe e t
clothes,
a
hat,
a d
su glasses.
He
was
the
able
to
e te
the
sto e
a d
buy
Pokémo
ca d
packs.

Was
Ice
Poseido
eally
ba ed
f om
the
Pokémo
sto e?

The
i cide t
happe ed
while
Ice
Poseido
was
livest eami g
his
t ip
i
Japa .
Whe
he
eached
the
Pokémo
sto e,
a
female
secu ity
gua d
stopped
him
at
the
e t a ce.
She
appea ed
to
be
holdi g
a
p i ted
pictu e
of
him
a d
used
ha d
gestu es
to
tell
him
that
he
could
ot
e te .

Ice
Poseido
quickly
oticed
the
pictu e
a d
became
su p ised.“Is
that
a
pictu e
of
me?
Dude,
they
have
a
photo
of
me!”
he
said
du i g
the
st eam.He
the
asked
the
gua d
why
she
had
a
pictu e
of
him.
The
gua d
mai ly
told
him
that
came as
we e
ot
allowed.
Ice
Poseido
t ied
usi g
a
t a slato
to
u de sta d
what
was
happe i g,
but
he
said
he
still
did
ot
get
a
clea
a swe .

The
st eame
also
poi ted
out
that
the
photo
appea ed
to
be
a
old
a d
u flatte i g
pictu e
of
him.
He
late
complai ed
about
the
situatio
a d
questio ed
why
the
staff
would
ot
explai
why
they
had
his
pictu e.At
this
poi t,
it
is
impo ta t
to
ote
that
the e
is
o
co fi med
i fo matio
showi g
that
the
Pokémo
sto e
officially
ba ed
Ice
Poseido .
Repo ts
o ly
show
that
he
was
stopped
f om
e te i g
that
sto e
du i g
the
livest eam.

How
did
Ice
Poseido
get
i to
the
Pokémo
sto e
afte
bei g
stopped?

Afte
leavi g,
Ice
Poseido
did
ot
give
up
o
his
pla
to
shop
fo
Pokémo
ca ds.
He
late
etu ed
to
the
same
sto e
with
a
diffe e t
look.The
st eame
cha ged
his
shi t
a d
wo e
a
hat
a d
su glasses.
He
the
walked
towa d
the
sto e
agai .
This
time,
secu ity
did
ot
appea
to
stop
him,
a d
he
was
able
to
e te .Ice
Poseido
late
told
his
viewe s
that
the
staff
did
ot
questio
him
at
all.“They
did ’t
eve
questio
me
at
all.
I
just
got
two
packs.
Easy,”
he
said.The
u usual
mome t
quickly
sp ead
o li e,
with
viewe s
discussi g
the
pictu e
that
secu ity
appea ed
to
have
a d
how
Ice
Poseido
ma aged
to
etu
without
bei g
stopped.
Some
o li e
posts
desc ibed
the
i cide t
as
a
ba ,
but
the
available
epo ts
also
st ess
that
the
exact
easo
fo
the
sto e’s
actio s
emai s
u clea .Fo
ow,
the
clea est
pa t
of
the
sto y
is
that
Ice
Poseido
was
stopped
f om
e te i g
while
secu ity
appea ed
to
have
his
photo.
He
late
cha ged
his
appea a ce,
etu ed
to
the
sto e,
a d
successfully
bought
Pokémo
packs.
Whethe
the
sto e
had
actually
ba ed
him,
a d
why
staff
had
his
pictu e,
emai s
u co fi med.

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