stalk (stôk) v.

1. To walk with a stiff or haughty gait.

To move threateningly or menacingly.

• To track (game).
• To pursue stealthily.

[From Old English bestealcian, move stealthily.]

Stalking can fun and exciting. It's an activity that can be shared and enjoyed by many. People of all ages can take partake in this family activity. For example a stalking group, or a stalking clan. What I would do is to gather a bunch of people with the same interests and plan to stalk a single person for a week or two. This can be fun because it can be made into a cooperative effort or it can be competitive. (Cooperative being the most easy one to do; competitive being the most difficult) There are many different ways to stalk, and these can be made into games that are very enjoyable. The whole stalking process is to get as close to your victim as possible. So close that you know more about them then their parents. Stalking is very exciting as well. You constantly get an adrenaline' rushes when you stalk. You also feel a bit closer to your victim, it is a mysterious bond that few can understand and appreciate. Stalking is a fine art form that can be mastered and sharpened by continuous stalking. Remember it is an art form. Stalking is useful in the real world as well, government offices usually hire stalkers of their own, but they are called by different names. You can also work for a good Private Investigation firm; this is your best bet if you’re looking for a career. But your stalking skills must be really good (main skill being patience!).

Unless your stalker group is very well funded, I recommend that you choose a victim that lives in the local area. DO NOT stalk your next door neighbor, for this is very stupid.

A good stalker tries not to get caught. Thus that a stalker may stalk another day. So it is important to trust your instincts. If your gut feeling tells you not to stalk tonight, then don't. If your instinct tells you to jet and not get discovered then do. Most of the time your instinct is correct. A stalkers instinct is very valuable.

It is often very good to focus on your victim, but one must also pay attention to ones surroundings. Too often do good stalkers lose ones stalking abilities (due to run-ins with Mr.Police Man) because he was not aware where he was. Do not rush in. A stalkers playground is one that he is familiar with.

First, find someone you like to stalk and then find out where they live. Then find out what their name is. Usually, you can find out where they live in the good old phonebook. And usually you can find their phone numbers as well. Once you do that, you’re of to a great start. You can even start calling your victim. You must be careful however; they might have caller ID. This is a bit annoying. You should always call from a place other then your home, or if you want to call anyway just dial *67 before inputting the phone number. This way it will come up as a 'private number' on their caller id. In most cases people won't answer 'private numbers'. But you'll never know. Or sometimes you victim might scan their phones with an answering machine. This can be fun too, then you'll at least get to hear their voice. Leave a message if you want too, just don't go threaten them or anything. We don’t want your victim to know that they’re being stalked… yet.

Then get out a recent street map of your area. I use the ADC street map book. After that it's just the matter of familiarizing your self with the area they live. Find different ways to get to their house. Then you should drive around their neighborhood a couple of times. It's trilling and fun to see your victim out one Sunday morning working in the yard or something. You can begin your physical stalking right then and there, like you can walk around their house and peek inside the windows or something. But beware some houses are equipped with dogs. If you want to be daring and break into their house (I don’t recommend this yet, at this point) do it around at night, preferably around 4am or 3am. Just be sure to wear a jogging outfit, not a ninja suit.

It is a good idea to observe your victim for a few days. Find out his/her natural patterns. Everyone has them. Get a good idea of when they get up in the morning, and when they go to work. What days do they take out the trash Etc Etc. Regular patterns are a common weakness among people, everybody.

The core objective is not getting noticed. Now I can’t teach you exactly how not to get noticed, but I can tell you what things you do that will get you noticed. Read the below list of common precautions:

"Most statutes define stalking as the willful, malicious and repeated following and harassing of another person. But in addition to a pattern of conduct, many state laws mandate that an imminent, credible threat of violence must be made against the victim for the activity to be considered stalking. The definition of what constitutes a credible threat varies. Some states, for example, specify that the threat to kill or do bodily harm must be put into actual words."

So from this several rules should be made:

1. Do not threaten your victim
2. Do not get caught on their property (they will have you arrested for trespassing)
3. Do not do violence, stalking is not about violence and you should never physically hurt anybody!

Your stalking career can be shortened if you choose the bull in technique to stalking. No Macho BS here folks, and do NOT threaten your victim that will get you arrested right away. I think my definition of stalking is different then most. When you think of stalking you tend to think of the jealous boyfriend type. Or the one poor sap who is fixiated upon a innocent woman (Innocent HA!) These types are the ones who calls all the time, and just generally sit out side of a house. They’re victims are usually scared to death. No that is not the Xiaoxin way to stalk. When I think of stalking I tend to