[topkai22]

I think the term is persistence hunting (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting). There was an intriguing blog post years ago (which sadly I can’t find) about how terrifying a fictional portrayal of persistence hunting would be- grinding down prey through exhaustion, thinking you’ve escaped but being slowly tracked down.

[tptacek]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Follows

[throwawayffffas]

The fact that no one in that movie considered placing a treadmill at a strategic point vexed me to no end.

[goodmythical]

To what end? Such that you can wait out your days in a secluded bunker posting online trying to convince anyone to believe you as to the reason you've put yourself in the bunker?

Because otherwise, 'it' will just back out of your trap and go along to continue to follow, wouldn't it?

[tptacek]

You have to admit it would be a very good Treehouse of Horror gag.

[foobiekr]

There's also the story "Go, Go, Go, Said the Bird" by Sonya Dorman in the first Dangerous Visions which is like this, in a way.

[stoneman24]

There’s also “the ruum” by Arthur Porges[0]. We got as part of English class in high school, a long time ago.

Try not to read the Wikipedia as it might spoil the short story, there’s the pdf available on the web somewhere

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ruum

[sonofhans]

Yes! I remember reading that, as you say, a long time ago. This is the first time I’ve seen someone else reference it. I love that story.

[Timwi]

I read it too in school. I thought it was super obscure!

[throwawayffffas]

That is how wolves hunt. Their system includes switching leads to maintain pressure on the prey while maintaining the packs endurance.

[glenstein]

Wooly Mammoth basically living out the plot of It Follows.

[_doctor_love]

Somehow that reminds of the old B-movie Surviving the Game with Ice-T.

[AngryData]

Basically The Terminator following you around.