POKEMON GO STRAW HAT PIKACHU EVENT START TIME. The Pokémon Go Straw Hat Pikachu event begins Monday, July 22 starting at 1 p.m. local time and ends a week later on July 29 at 1 p.m. local time.

Since 2019, a Pokémon Go player by the name of Mike Nerdlaw has been asking Niantic for a Cowboy Hat Caterpie. Here’s why he won’t let it go ...