Stalker: Dorks Are Sometimes Scary

Sure, it's now (oddly enough) cool and obligatory for people in the Bay Area to label themselves as "self-described nerds" or "self-described geeks." (And anyone outside of the 18- to 25-year-old range is inherently uncool, right?) But there's a dark side to holding such an annoying title.

As reported in the Chronicle today, Marlon Pagtakhan, 29, a Burlingame nerd and "rabid text messager," -- who was arrested several years ago for stalking Seven of Nine/Kirsten Cohen's bitch enabler -- just got nabbed. Again. This time for "stalking, harassing and threatening" an Illinois female wrestler and Hayward wrestling club members.

The article goes on to say that Pagtakhan "wrestled with the Hayward club at one point but was asked to leave because he was 'weird.'" Which? Wow. You must be exceptionally bizarre to get kicked out of a wresting salon.

And stalking isn't at all funny, we know, but...chortle. We almost feel bad for the poor guy. Scared of him, hell yes. But also bad. Anyway, Pagtakhan's bail was set at a whopping $800,000, and he'll appear in court on Aug. 23.

The Night Stalker police sketch credit: Don't know, probably Beelzebub himself--this image scared the hell out us when we were young.