Sometimes, though, one doesn’t even have to come face to face with one, as they can turn to technology to disturb the peace of their victims from afar. On the list below you will find some examples of stalkers doing exactly that, using messages to haunt their targets, that show just how creepy dealing with a stalker is, especially when you know that it’s no TV series. Below you will also find Bored Panda’s interview with a prosecutor and public speaker, Wendy L. Patrick, who was kind enough to answer a few of our questions about stalking. According to the Stalking Prevention, Awareness, and Resource Center (SPARC), an estimated 13.5 million people are stalked in a one-year period in the US, with women becoming the targets more frequently than men. “Although many victims know their stalkers, and many are in fact people with whom they have had relationships, other cases involve stranger stalking where the victims don’t know if the stalkers are on the other side of the world, or a cubicle on the other side of their office floor,” Wendy Patrick told Bored Panda in a recent interview. Back in 1983, one of the band’s members, Sting, said “I think it’s a nasty little song, really rather evil. It’s about jealousy and surveillance and ownership,” summing up the song, which could be considered somewhat romantic, if you didn’t bear in mind the backstory. Follow Bored Panda on Google News! Follow us on Flipboard.com/@boredpanda! Please use high-res photos without watermarks Ooops! Your image is too large, maximum file size is 8 MB.
