Kylie Bearse, a meteorologist in Denver, Colorado, opened up about being the victim of an “obsessive” stalker.
While speaking to People in an interview published on Tuesday, October 14, Bearse, 36, explained she started receiving messages from a 69-year-old man, whose identity was not revealed, in 2022.
“There’s commenting on something and then there’s hundreds of comments at a time” she said of the frequency of the messages she received from him. “I know that being on the local news, you want people to feel welcome and like you’re a part of their morning routine. It’s just sometimes it goes a little bit too far.”
One of the alleged messages included the man informing Bearse that a microphone cord was showing during one of her broadcasts. “I love you, my beautiful wife,” he allegedly wrote, calling her his “beautiful wife” and noting that she “fixed” the cord.
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The man continued to send her concerning messages on social media over the years, as well as dozens of emails. Additionally, Bearse claimed that her stalker even reached out to her friends and family.
“He was reaching out to my sister-in-law about potentially buying a painting that she had made,” Bearse explained. “I remember one time my friend posted a trip, she was in Thailand, and he said, ‘I can’t wait to take Kylie there one day.’ So, just bizarre. Very odd.”
The man would also comment on Bearse’s posts that showed her traveling, and she claimed he would allegedly tell her that he “can’t wait to go there with you.”
While Bearse explained that his comments were never threatening, she described him as “just obsessive.”
Bearse said she blocked her stalker multiple times, though he would continue to contact her by making new social media profiles. Additionally, he showed up at charity events she attended including a hike she led in August 2023 at the Breckenridge Food and Wine Festival. She then recalled the man approaching her as she walked off the trail, and explained he presented her with new hiking shoes.
After she told him she appreciated the gesture but couldn’t accept the gift, Bearse said he became visibly upset and cried. He even claimed that he thought they were in a relationship for the last year.
“He believed I was his wife,” Bearse said. “It just made me sick to my stomach when I realized that this had gone far beyond ‘I like your stuff on Instagram.’”
An event organizer eventually stepped in and escorted the man out, though he allegedly continued to try to get back to Bearse.
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Bearse secured a temporary restraining order against the man in September 2023, though she said he violated it 53 times. She was later granted a permanent restraining order in January 2024.
Then in September 2025, Bearse arrived home to find the man parked out front. She managed to get inside of her home, grabbed her dog and ran out the back door as she called 911.
When authorities arrived at her home, police found the man parked outside of her house and he was taken into custody.
She said she initially felt “very safe” after his arrest and expected he would be charged with felony stalking, though that didn’t happen. Instead, the Denver District Attorney’s Office charged him with a misdemeanor of violating a protection order. He spent a few days in jail before he was released on a $1,500 personal recognizance bond, according to court records obtained by the Denver Post.
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Unhappy with the situation, Bearse reached out to the district attorney’s office and was told that “there had been too big of a time gap” between the last time he stalked her and the most recent experience.
“I’ve done everything right by the system. I filed the restraining order, I called the police when I was supposed to, and I feel like the system is letting me down even though I followed all the rules. It makes me sad, not just for myself and my safety but knowing how many other women are going through this or have gone through this and will if they don’t change anything,” she told People.
In light of Bearse’s claims, a spokesperson for the Denver District Attorney’s Office told People that they ”don’t comment on open cases.” However, they did confirm that the man is scheduled to be sentenced during a hearing on November 12.
