Placing an "X" in a document

Is there a way to place a random "X" character within a document? I am trying to mark radom areas on a figure in my PDF form-is there a way to do that? My fall back is to use the callout tool and point to the area and then enter text, I would like to use the same process but plant an "X" instead of the arrow and text box??
Is the callout tool available in adobe reader?

text touch up will work within text. I am looking for something like the call out tool that can be placed anywhere in the document

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