The Fort Fisher Hermit

Robert E. Harrill, The Fort Fisher Hermit, spent 17 years under the stars and scrub oaks of Fort Fisher, North Carolina. Surviving off the land and the contributions from thousands of visitors, the Fort Fisher Hermit became one of the areas largest tourist attractions. But Robert's new life wasn't as idyllic as he made it out to be, and his untimely death is marked by mystery and controversy. This film examines the reasons that led him to become a hermit, his growing popularity, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death.
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• Documentary

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• filmbuff
• fort
• fisher
• robert
• harrill
• rob
• hill
• north
• carolina

[leo51141]

It also is a testament to the ignorant Red Neck police force in the Carolina Beach area. If the killing took place on government land, why was the FBI not brought in immediately to the crime seen? Well at least there was one police officer that wanted an autopsy, until the idiot demanded a (10-22) to his work. The only thing Carolina Beach Police can do is lay wait for DUI drivers, and drink free coffee and fatten up on donuts.

[agenteles]

Hope those folks go to hell who took this poor man’s life. RIP

[TheRyskeldi]

thanks a lot who collected the information bout Fort Fisher

[MrToiletface]

a true hero, stronger than the average person in so many ways.

[tylerdugray]

Hermit FTW!

[gammerstang2009]

@mrrontwo

My "idea" of life has strong roots in American History. You seem to be ridiculously optimistic in light of what has transpired in the South during this period of time.

[mrrontwo]

@gammerstang2009 Your! Idea of life is so sad.. IF IT WAS A BLACK MAN HE WOULD HAVE BEEN RUN OFF!! Your view of things is what keeps America from moving forward! As always someone has to turn this into a BLACK!! White thing!!

[gammerstang2009]

He declined Public Assistance... Ron Paul's hero.

Additionally, if this had been a black guy, he would NOT have been a novelty... He would have been arrested and banned from the area (at the very least). When white people see another white person (especially a white male) doing something ODD, they always Romanticize the person's motives and make a HUGE deal about it... WHEN will you get over yourselves? *sigh*

[veramann]

@Sarannu2 The U.S. policy, according to Noam Chomsky, had caused the rise of the communist party in Cambodia. For example, Henry Kissinger advised Richard Nixon to illegally bombed east of Cambodia because Sihanouk did not order the Vietcong to stay off the areas during the Vietnam War. So the Khmer Roughs blamed the U.S government and the Sihanouk government for killing thousands of innocent Cambodian people in the villages.

[nye1956]

I guess they never found out who the shoe belonged to. Was it Roberts or did it belong to someone who caused his death?