Aaron Mahnke

And they're still around today.

They're facing serious lawsuits for everything from sex trafficking minors to committing tax fraud.

But before the details of their lifestyle got out to the public, the co-op kept most of their criminal activity under wraps for as long as possible.

Even so, their secretive nature still engendered distrust and suspicion from their Utah neighbors, including those in Kaysville.

The co-op was founded by a guy named Eldon Kingston, who led the group from 1935 to 1948.

And according to some Kaysville locals, he is the one who built Kays Cross.

But Eldon didn't do it alone.

He partnered with another cult leader to make it happen.

Recently, an old member of the co-op alleged that in 1946, Eldon Kingston was approached by a man named Krishna Vetna.

Now, Krishna Vetna was the leader of a cult in California called Wisdom, Knowledge, Faith, and Love, or WKFL, which is not a radio station, by the way.

And his major claim to fame was that he claimed to be Christ reincarnated.

Well, as the story goes, Krishna Vetna told Eldon that he wanted to build a huge cross in Kaysville, Utah to honor Christ, which was meant to honor him since he was apparently the second coming of Christ.

Eldon allegedly saw no problems with this and agreed to help.

So, Eldon enlisted a group of volunteers from his church, and they built K's cross on the co-op's private farmland.

And the man who came forward with this story actually claimed to be a member of the construction crew.

He said they even carved the letter K into the center of the cross, the K standing for Krishnavetna.

Meanwhile, Jesus 2.0 actually returned to California before the cross was finished, but once it was done, it stood for decades, a lasting tribute to the two men who believed that they could play God.

Now, this story hasn't been proven, but the cross really was built on a farm that had been owned by the co-op, and Krishna Vetna's cult actually used a very similar-looking cross as their official symbol.

So it is entirely possible that this story is the truth behind K's cross, and the mystery has been solved.

But then again, there have always been rumors floating around about Kay's cross, turning it into something of a local legend.