Dr. Adam Maes

Life
​Adam Maes was born in Anneheim, Netherlands in 1898. He fled to America in 1914, fearing that The Netherlands would be invaded along with Belgium. Ironically, he would find himself in Ventia, which itself was enveloped in a war against the USA. He first travelled to Tinneville, where he attended Royal Crown College and earned his doctorate in theoretical physics and researched chemistry while he was enrolled. In 1922 he moved to Ashbourne and began working for the government researching experimental weapons technology. The government assigned him to a research group along with Dr. Phillip McCoy, Dr. Julius Wolffe, and Dr. Evan MacDonald.

Scientific career
Adam Maes, now Dr. Adam Maes was transferred to Victoria in Northern Ontario along with the rest of his group to be more isolated from the prying eyes of the cities. They were given funds to buy a house suitable to both live and operate in, and they bought one on the corner of Main Street. They made a large and vast basement that contained the laboratory and research equipment, and kept their living quarters in the main building. At the request of Dr. MacDonald the way to access the lab was by pulling on a book in a hidden bookshelf, itself hidden behind a turning wall that was accessed when you pull on a wrench on a garage tool rack. During this time they developed the LR-50, the GW-09, and the reinforcement measures for Bunker 135.

The Disappearance of Maes & McCoy
In 1940 Dr. Maes was stationed in Wallowa, which was half an hour west of Victoria and told to continue his research there under the pretext of investigating the Wallowa Lake Monster. A year later Dr. McCoy was moved along with him, with the other scientists remaining in Victoria. While stationed here, both Maes & McCoy developed a genuine interest in the Lake Monster and its supposed curse. On July 16, both Maes & McCoy set off on Wallowa Lake to research the Lake Monster on a small wooden rowboat, leaving their sonar equipment on shore. Neither Maes nor McCoy were ever heard from again, and no scrap from the boat was ever recovered. To this day it is disputed as to what really happened to the scientists.

Burial
In October of 1942, after a sustained investigation, both Maes & McCoy were declared legally dead and were granted tombstones in Wallowa cemetery. The bodies have still not been found.