The popular boba tea shop, Bobasaurus, recently closed its doors. Situated in the bustling city of San Francisco, this emerging establishment had to cease operations due to a mysterious gas leak that caused individuals in the vicinity to experience temporary amnesia-like episodes. Those affected lost their memory for a few hours, while others described witnessing chaotic scenes of people screaming and running down the street.
Local authorities attempted to investigate the situation, but found themselves affected by the gas as well, resulting in memory loss upon entering the premises. It was discovered that the owner of the shop was found restrained in the back room exhibiting signs of a manic episode. He was subsequently taken for evaluation and treatment, as he was suspected to be the source of the potential gas leak.
With no other management in place to oversee operations, the shop unfortunately had to close until further notice.
We swear to secure our people against the wickedness and evil of the invisible world.
We swear to aid the afflicted.
We swear to stay ever vigilant and seek out the abominable witchcrafts committed in this country.
We humbly pray to be blessed by God to hold all those who consort with the Devil accountable. Amen
—Opening and closing prayer for Sons of Salem meetings.
The Sons of Salem is a loosely-organized conservative populist movement in the United States that preaches violent opposition to anything they perceive as witchcraft, demonic, or monstrous.
Blowhard podcaster Ted Gundy and former general of the mercenary group “Hognose,” Roland Rush, founded the movement in 2010 after a series of violent werewolf attacks and unexplained, supernatural murders in Tennessee. Memberships grew quickly, stoked by Ted’s fiery doomsday rhetoric on his podcast "Truth Seekers" and the aspiration of the masculine power embodied by Roland.
Although they speak of duty, honor, and maintaining the “natural order” of things, the Sons of Salem are driven by fear. They collect guns and appear at protests en-masse as a way of easing the all-consuming terror of their powerlessness. At the same time, they have conditioned themselves to respond to fear with “strength” (read: violence).