03/22/2026
Part 2 of my stalker story. Buckle up, it gets crazier.
In 2021 I was stalked by a crazy follower from the internet. This is part one of the voicemail messages that haunted me for years after. I have animated the video with lighthearted animations created from my art; but do not be deceived, the nature of the messages are unsettling.
Context:
I met this young woman at a playground while taking my (then 3-year-old) daughter for a walk. The woman was 24 at the time, and as we really seemed to get along at our first meeting, we formed a friendship that spanned from the months of May until September of that year.
Over those months we met at the park and talked, went for walks, and on two occasions met at a restaurant for drinks. I had even paid for her food and gave her a ride in my car on one occasion. Near the end of the friendship, I came to see that her relationship with alcohol seemed to be very unhealthy, and perhaps even masked underlying bipolarism (although she never disclosed any of this to me). One Saturday morning I awoke to strange text messages in which she demanded to hang out with me, and when I told her I was unavailable, these dreaded phone messages began...
Unfortunately, in this world there are many mentally unstable people who will return your kindness with evil, and I have encountered this quite a few times. This is why it is so important to pray for discernment. We never fully know the depths of another person's soul. Or at least how bat-sh*t crazy they may be.
This is episode two of three...stay tuned for the last episode coming soon.