I'm seeing gyms in Pokémon Go with pokémon that have ridiculous CP numbers, and I have no clue what they are
I'm a relatively new player to Pokémon Go, but I do know the basics. That being said, I was out for a drive earlier today when I stumbled across a gym at a church with a pokémon that had a CP of over 48,000! Later, I found another gym with another 48,000 CP pokémon in it, and that's when I started wondering if I was missing something.
I researched in and out about gyms, but I was unable to find anything about these high-level CP pokémon. What are these high-CP pokémon?
These are probably raids, and not a Pokemon that are put there by other players for defending the gyms. You can identify the difference by a timer below the raid boss. Also, if you click on the gym, a special short taunt/attack video is shown of the raid boss, which is not there in case there is a raid boss. You will also end up in a raid lobby, instead of an overview of the defending Pokemon.