I've Been Stalked By An Unknown Person For The Past 4 Years, And Have No Idea What To Do About It.

Location: Springfield, MA

It started really tame about four years ago, I got a call from a blocked number which I never answered, they then sent me messages almost everyday, basic things like asking about my day, my job, my family. I'd block them and they'd just get a new number.

They started to talk about things like "what's it like being a virgin" and other really provocative things, I never once replied.

I had a suspicion it was my best friend for a long time, didn't have an ex partner at that point so I didn't suspect that. She showed me her phone on command because I wanted to make sure it wasn't her, couldn't have been I'll just say that, never found proof.

It stopped for a while, (3 months or so) but then I started getting messages from them on social media, it turned to bullying very very quickly, I ignored it and blocked them everytime but they made NUMEROUS accounts, it got so bad to the point I thought about throwing my phone away and getting a flip.

Its very obvious that it's been the same person the entire time, just based on their text style and the things they've said in messages.

I met my (now ex) boyfriend 2 years ago, and that's when things got really bad. The "stalker" started threatening to kill him, and themself if I didn't break up with him, I got sent a photo of my front porch once and then installed security cameras and they never showed up again, at least not that I know of. They sent me photos and videos of themself self harming and hitting themself too.

Never been certain whether it is a male or a female.

They would call me daily and then eventually started calling my boyfriend, his sister got sent some messages too.

It's been incessant for 4 years, non stop harrassment.

I've been to the police twice, there is nothing they can really do, from what I've heard, they said they'd investigate but that was over a year ago now.

It has to be someone close to me, they knew my name when they first started messaging, my age, birthday, address and phone number.

I can't even think of a reasonable explanation for why someone would go so far out of their way to harass me.

I've probably missed some details so if you have any questions please ask, I am an open book. Feel free to also share similar experiences and what you did about it, if anything.