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T H E N O R T H C O A S T T I M E S E A G L E , J A N & F E B 1987 P A G E 13 THE LOCKSHIN MONSTERS by W.W. Hodowanic D id y o u h a p p e n to s e e t h e m o n s t e r s ? S c a r i e r t h a n V in c e n t P r i c e , m o r e i n s i d i o u s t h a n w a t e r , a n d a s u n w a n t e d a s D ic k N i x o n 's jo w ls . T h e L o c k s h in s . T h e i n tr e p id ( o r is th a t te p id ? ) P h il D o n a h u e c o n fro n te d th e s e b iz a r r e c r e a tu r e s . T h e s e L o c k s h i n s c u n n in g l y a p p e a r e d to th e n a k e d e y e a s a " n o r m a l" f a m ily — f a th e r , m o th e r, th re e c h ild re n . T h e g u ile - s o a k e d A m e r ic a n a u d ie n c e w as h a v i n g n o n e o f i t , f o r t h e y k n e w o f th e L o c k s h i n s . T h e s e f i e n d s h a d p e r f o r m e d th e u n s p e a k a b l e . W o r s e t h a n c r a w l i n g o n th e g r o u n d . T h e L o c k s h i n s h a d m o v e d to R u s s i a . T o l i v e . N o j o b t r a n s f e r , n o s a b b a t i c a l , n o m o v in g v a n s f o r t h e m . T h e y h a d d e c i d e d to k i s s i t a l l — h o m e , c a r s , V C R — ta k in g c a s h on h a n d to M o s c o w . " A m e r i c a 1. L o v e i t o r l e a v e i t ! " th e a u d i e n c e m u t t e r i n g s e e m e d to r u m b l e . O r w e r e t h e y j u s t t o t a l l y u n a b le to a c c e p t t h e g r a p h i c e x a m p l e o f a w h o le A m e r i c a n f a m i l y g o in g o v e r th e w a ll th e w r o n g w a y ? O p tio n e x p l a n a t i o n : L o c k s h i n s a r e a l i e n s . M r . L o c k s h i n d id m o s t o f th e t a l k i n g . W h ile r e c l i n i n g in a n a r m c h a i r , L o c k s h i n p e r s i s t e n t l y , a n d s o m e tim e s s t r i d e n t l y , to ld a n a c c o u n t of b e in g f o l l o w e d , h o u n d e d , a n d h a r r a s s e d . T h e t e e n a g e d d a u g h t e r c o r r o b o r a t e d on t h i s . T h e f a t h e r c o m p la in e d o f ta p p e d te le p h o n e s , c o n t i n u i n g m i s s t a t e m e n t s on b a n k a c c o u n t s , c r e d it c a r d s , an d u tilitie s b ills . F o r y e a r s ,’ a c c o r d i n g t o th e L o c k s h i n s . M r s . L o c k s h in m e n tio n e d m a n y o b s c e n e p h o n e c a l l s , o n ly w h e n h e r h u s b a n d w a s o u t . It w a s w ily o f h e r t o l o o k p r e t t y in a n i n t e l l i g e n t w ay. M r . L o c k s h i n s e e m e d t o th in k t h a t t h e C IA d ir e c te d th is o p e ra tio n a n d th a t, im m e d ia te ly p r e c e d in g t h e i r r e lo c a tio n , h a d g o tte n M r. L o c k s h in f i r e d f r o m h is r e s e a r c h p o s itio n . F u r t h e r , h e a s s e r t e d t h a t th e C IA h a d d e s t r o y e d h i s r e s e a r c h p r o j e c t a n d k i l l e d th e r e s e a r c h a n i m a l s . H e u s e d th e w o r d " o b s c e n e . 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B y a ll m e a n s , f e e l g o o d a b o u t it. W e r e th e L o c k s h i n s t r a i t o r s , d u p e s , m o n s t e r s , o r h a d t h e y o p t e d o u t o f b e in g th e c o o k i e s in th a t j a r ? T he a u d ie n c e r a l l ie d a n d r e p e a te d ly c h a l l e n g e d th e L o c k s h i n s , o n e a n d a l l , to a p p e a r a g a i n w ith P h i l in o n e y e a r ' s t i m e . T h e r e w a s s o m e f e e l i n g t h a t " W e 'l l s e e t h e n , " b a s e d on th e b e l i e f t h a t th e L o c k s h i n s w o u ld c o m e to k n o w t h a t th e K G B c o m p u t e r w a s m o r e e v i l th a n t h e C IA c o m p u t e r a n d t h a t R u s s i a n s k i l l i n g A f g h a n s w a s m o r e in h u m a n e t h a n A m e r i c a n s c o n t r a c t i n g o u t on th e l i v e s o f N i c a r a g u a n s . T h e L o c k s h i n s , s e e m i n g l y N . O . D . e r s (N o t On D r u g s ) , h e a r t i l y a g r e e d to r e t u r n in a y e a r . 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