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The fort fisher hermit was once considered the second most popular attraction in north carolina.

Fort fisher hermit state s second biggest tourist attraction. Rumor has it that during his time living in fort fisher the hermit became the second largest tourist attraction after the battleship north carolina. He became the state s second most popular tourist attraction behind only the battleship north carolina. He spread his wisdom and common sense to all who came to visit him where he lived in a world war ii bunker for the last seventeen years of his life. The play is based on the life of robert harrill who took up residence in a bunker in the marshland of fort fisher in the 1960s.

Review of fort fisher state recreation area. The hermit becomes an attraction robert harrill became the second greatest tourist attraction in the state of north carolina trailing only the uss north carolina in number of visitors. For the same folks a generation later he was a shining star eastern north carolina s second largest tourist attraction they claimed a living symbol of nature. The play takes a look at all facets of the hermit s life including his relationships with his son wife doctor and tourists.

Harrill settled in an abandoned world war ii bunker. To the authorities harrill was at first a nuisance a freeloader who gathered trash around a hole in the ground and lived illegally on land that was not his own. Visitors to carolina beach kure beach fort fisher and southport would routinely take time to visit the man living in the salt marshes. Robert harrill spent 16 years at fort fisher.

The story of the man who came to be north carolina s second biggest tourist attraction is coming to the stage. The hermit becomes an attraction robert harrill became the second greatest tourist attraction in the state of north carolina with only the uss north carolina exceeding him in number of visitors. The tale of the life of robert harrill the reclusive fort fisher hermit is being brought to wilmington in the staged version of david wright s the hermit of fort fisher. Reviewed january 10 2009.

In 1955 harrill hitchhiked to fort fisher. Visitors also provided the fort fisher hermit with monetary donations that were placed in a frying pan that he left out for just such a purpose. Harrill february 2 1893 june 4 1972 was an american man also known as the fort fisher hermit he became a hermit in 1955 at the age of 62 having hitchhiked to fort fisher on the north carolina coast from morganton north carolina he had previously been committed to a mental hospital in morganton after his marriage failed.