Here is a the new social phenomenon.

To be stalked is an unhappy experience.

The consequences range from a continuing disquiet to gross disruption of one’s life, thoughts of suicide, and the development of a range of psychiatric disorders.

Since some victims keep quiet about being stalked its exact prevalence is not known, but one large survey in the United States found that 8% of women and 2% of men had been stalked at some time in their lives.

Usually it goes on for months, but occasionally it continues for years.