Neighbor Harassed a Woman, Then a Mystery Stalker Tried to Get Into the Home

At first, the couple thought they had one frightening problem.

A strange note had been left near their packages. It was rambling and confusing, filled with references to pizza, a basement, dreams, and things that did not make much sense. The couple suspected it might have come from a neighbor who had a habit of leaving odd notes around, but they still tried to treat it as harmless. They took a picture, threw the note away, and moved on.

Then the texts started.

The girlfriend began receiving anonymous messages that sounded like the note, only more intense. The sender claimed to know things about her, said she worked for agencies like NASA, the CIA, and the FBI, and claimed there was a camera watching the home from space. The person also said he was buying the apartment complex for an absurd amount of money and was going to find her.

That changed the tone immediately.

The boyfriend contacted the apartment manager, who documented the situation. The manager told him a man had been seen wandering around the complex at night, and when confronted, the man claimed he was buying the property. Police were called, but the couple did not know the man’s identity, and the messages were coming through an anonymous texting app. There was only so much police could do at that stage.

So the couple installed cameras. They warned neighbors. They started being careful about every sound outside and every person near the apartment.

The story was later shared in a Reddit update thread titled “Neighbor is harassing my gf but also there’s a mystery stalker??”, where what initially looked like one stalker turned into two separate threats.

One of the neighbors the boyfriend warned was an older man who lived nearby with a woman the couple believed was his wife, though the situation later turned out to be more complicated. The older neighbor had always seemed odd but mostly harmless. He had crossed lines before, complimenting the girlfriend’s appearance and giving her occasional gifts, including chocolates, money, and even weed, but the couple had explained it away as awkward friendliness.

Then he pulled the girlfriend aside one night as she came home from work and confessed that he was in love with her.

She tried to shut it down politely. She reminded him that he was married. He responded that he had been divorced for years, even though he still lived with the woman in the same apartment. The girlfriend told him she was not interested and that nothing was going to happen.

Then he hugged her.

When she came inside and told her boyfriend, the situation shifted. The boyfriend was angry, not only because the older man had confessed feelings, but because the couple had spent time helping him. They had treated him like a neighbor who needed assistance, not someone building up a fantasy around the girlfriend.

A few days later, the older neighbor came to their door and began banging angrily. The girlfriend went upstairs and hid. The boyfriend answered. The neighbor demanded to speak to her. When the boyfriend said she was tired and sleeping, the older man got visibly angry, stormed away, got in his car, and drove off.

Now the couple had two problems: the anonymous stalker sending delusional messages, and the neighbor who had become angry after being rejected.

The neighbor’s behavior did not stop there.

He parked his truck in the girlfriend’s reserved parking spot, claiming it had broken down and that her spot was the only one available. The boyfriend believed that was a lie. There were other open spaces, and the neighbor’s own spot was nearby. To the couple, it felt less like a parking issue and more like a way to force the girlfriend to park closer to his apartment so he could track when she came and went.

Then her car was keyed.

They did not have proof that the neighbor did it, but the timing felt suspicious. It happened after the confrontation, after the rejected confession, and after the parking dispute started.

The boyfriend called the apartment manager and reported everything. The manager had a warning sticker placed on the truck, saying it would be towed if it was not moved. Suddenly, the truck that supposedly could not move was moved.

The couple also called police. The officer, according to the update, agreed that the behavior was concerning and advised them to file for a restraining order. The officer tried to speak with the older neighbor, but he was not home, so the officer spoke with the woman he lived with instead.

The couple hoped that might be the end of it.

It was not.

About a month and a half later, the second stalker — the anonymous one — came back into focus. The boyfriend had caught a man on camera multiple times peeking through windows, leaving strange notes, and running away after knocking. Then one day, while the boyfriend was home alone, the man tried to get inside.

He pounded on the door. He screamed at a neighbor, asking whether anyone lived there. He twisted the doorknob, yelled that it was locked, ran around the apartment, and tried another entrance.

The boyfriend called 911.

Before disappearing, the man announced his name and part of his phone number, which gave the couple enough information to start identifying him. Police arrived, but the man was gone. They watched the video, got a description, searched briefly, and told the boyfriend to keep the doors locked.

The boyfriend did his own research and found the man’s social media. It was filled with paranoid posts about space, government agencies, expensive buildings, and a future wife from dreams. The same themes had appeared in the messages sent to the girlfriend.

By that point, the couple no longer believed they were dealing with a nuisance. This was a safety issue. The man had been around their home repeatedly, sent anonymous messages, left notes, and now physically tried to enter.

The next twist came when the man reportedly went to the police station himself and admitted he had tried to get inside. His explanation, according to the update, was that he was a robot from the future and needed to recharge a forcefield in the basement. The couple planned to ask the apartment manager to ban him from the property and move forward with protective orders.

Eventually, both men ended up in court.

The second stalker was first. The girlfriend presented her evidence. The man went on long, bizarre tangents about NASA, clones, planets, and mistaken identity. The judge granted the girlfriend a protective order for the maximum period of one year. The boyfriend also received a protective order after explaining that he had trouble sleeping because he never knew whether the man would come back and get inside.

The apartment complex later issued a no-trespass order against that man, banning him from the neighborhood. He reportedly returned anyway and attempted to enter someone else’s residence. The boyfriend later heard the man had been placed on a mandatory psychiatric hold. He said he hoped the man got help, but he also learned the man had allegedly stalked other women for years, which made the situation feel even more disturbing.

Then there was the older neighbor.

His court process was messier. At one hearing, he showed up late and demanded a lawyer, then did not seem to understand that court-appointed attorneys were not handled the same way in that type of proceeding. The case was postponed. At the next date, he did not show up. The girlfriend explained the years of uncomfortable behavior: love notes, gifts, comments, parking in her spot, and the way the neighbor had escalated after rejection. The judge granted her a six-month protective order.

The neighbor reacted badly after being served. According to the boyfriend, he was outside yelling and then angrily drove away.

But even that was not the final ending.

The neighbor filed a motion to vacate the protective order, forcing the couple back to court. This time, he showed up and tried to defend himself. His argument only made the situation worse. He accused the girlfriend of dressing in ways meant to entice him, even though she said she was simply doing ordinary things like taking out trash or walking to her car. He claimed his compliments were harmless, brought in a hand-drawn diagram of the street, and rambled for hours about unrelated topics.

The courtroom reportedly grew exhausted as he kept talking. At one point, he brought out ordinary mail and bills as though paying his credit card on time proved he had not harassed anyone. The judge eventually granted the girlfriend another six-month protective order.

The couple had started with a strange note and a neighbor they thought was just socially awkward. By the end, they had dealt with two separate men, two protective orders, police calls, cameras, court hearings, a keyed car, a parking dispute, an attempted break-in, and a serious plan to move out of the complex altogether.

The worst part was that both threats unfolded at the same time. One man was a neighbor they had once helped. The other was a stranger who somehow found the girlfriend’s name, phone number, and home.

For months, the couple lived in a place where the doorbell, a parked truck, a knock at night, or a camera alert could mean another escalation.

What commenters said

Commenters urged the couple to stop helping the older neighbor immediately and cut off every casual point of contact. Many said the gifts, appearance comments, late-night visits, parking behavior, and angry reaction after rejection formed a pattern that should not be brushed off as awkwardness.

A lot of commenters focused on documentation. They told the couple to save videos, screenshots, police reports, apartment manager messages, and every note or text. That advice ended up mattering because the couple later used evidence in court.

Others pushed them to involve the apartment manager more aggressively. The neighbor was allegedly not on the lease, and the second stalker was eventually banned from the property. Commenters saw management as one of the few practical paths available besides police and court.

By the end, the strongest reaction was fear for the girlfriend’s safety. Commenters did not treat either man as harmless. The older neighbor had access and proximity. The second stalker had delusions, had found the home, and had tried to enter. The advice was blunt: keep cameras running, keep doors locked, pursue protective orders, and move as soon as it became financially possible.