The Lucien LaCroix Affair
Reporting Agent: Jean Graham, Section 2, Number 42
   

Report filed: April 30, 1995

Section 2 has recently investigated subject Lucien LaCroix, alias radio personality "The Nightcrawler," owner and operator of the Raven, a nightclub establishment in metropolitan Toronto, Ont. Investigation was opened due to reports of suspicious activities by both owner and patrons of the Raven which might well substantiate the existence of vampires. (cf. agents Solo and Kuryakin's report on The Vampire Affair filed by archivist D. McDaniel, 1966.)

New anomalies regarding subject LaCroix have recently come to light with the discovery of an artist's sketch attached to the archived report of The Invisible Man Affair, also assigned agents Solo and Kuryakin in 1966. (This report was released to the public disguised as a children's book: "Man From UNCLE Annual," World Distributors, Great Britain 1966.)

  • Detailed analysis indicates that subject Lucien LaCroix (photo, below L) and subject John J. Kenning, a known Thrush agent (sketch, below R) are almost certainly the same individual. Yet, despite a 29 year gap between sketch and photograph, subject has not aged.
  • Thrush agent Kenning was said to be capable of "disappearing."
  • Report also indicates that upon impact of explosion depicted in sketch, Kenning "lifted... completely off his feet... he seemed to hang suspended in mid-air."
It should perhaps also be noted that some fans of the "Nightcrawler's" radio broadcasts refer to subject LaCroix as "Uncle." In light of his apparent former career as a Thrush agent, this is an appellation he no doubt finds highly amusing.
   
   
Further investigation is pending.

—JG

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