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Aaron Mahnke

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

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

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

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.

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

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

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

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.

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

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

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

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

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

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

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

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

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

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.

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

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.

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

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

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

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

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

Many people did connect it with polygamy since it was standing on the co-op's farm.

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

Before this new story had come out, the most popular theory about its construction had been that a polygamist had murdered his seven wives and buried them underneath the cross and then hanged himself there.

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

Another version of the story claims that the polygamist entombed his favorite wife's heart into the cross itself.

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

And there are more urban legends about Case Cross than you could shake a stick at.

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

Some people believe that it was erected by Satanists.

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

Others said that it was built by witches who sacrificed animals at the foot of the cross.

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

Still others claim that it was haunted, or that it glowed under a full moon.

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Legends 80: He Said, She Said

And we may never know the truth.