>>531999351
>stalkers could have unintentionally manifested the Wish Granter into reality?
Possibly. Stalkers are a superstitious people. Someone started the rumor of the Wish Granter (probably C-Con to get their hands on people they could convert to Monolith soldiers), the Veterans tell this story late at night to the Rookies to scare them. The more people believe or at least think to themselves "What if...", the more the Monolith becomes real. Zone and brain fuckery galore