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I feel very sick to my stomach because clearly what has happened is someone has been pretending to be me.

I'm like, you need to call the police.

This is a crime.

Someone has been impersonating me.

That is not me.

Music Welcome to the Knife. Welcome to The Knife. I'm Hannah Smith. I'm Pasha Eaton, and today we're speaking with Kylie Burst. Kylie is a meteorologist living in

Colorado. She loves her job and connecting with her local community, but for the last three years,

she's been the victim of a stalker. Kylie walks us through the events that led to her feeling

unsafe in her own home. She's recently gone public with her story and hopes to shed light on the systems that

fail victims of stalking and how we need to do better.

Let's get into the interview.

Kylie, welcome to The Knife.

Thank you for helping me.

Yeah, we're really excited to speak with you today.

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