Has an illegal Danbury campground been reopened?--Owner says no, but that a film crew was there

(By Leslie Bray Evans, The Stokes News) - It was lights, camera, action at a supposedly defunct Danbury campground this past weekend. Mike Fulp’s riverside campground that had been shut down due to the lack of an operating permit appeared to have been reopened as of Friday, August 13.

The site on the banks of the Dan beside Moratock Park had been the source for much heated discussion in Danbury for over a year. Fulp had begun allowing campers on his property in August 2009, at which point the Town of Danbury began to send him letters ordering him to cease and desist operations.

When spring 2010’s warm weather kicked in, however, Fulp’s campground was open again. More orders to shut down followed, resulting in the closing of the operation by midsummer. A criminal summons relating to the illegal campground had been served against Fulp in the meantime, but his court case was dismissed.

Just as it appeared everything had been resolved, campers suddenly abounded at Fulp’s non-campground. As late as 1:06 a.m. on Saturday, August 14, construction-style lights glared across the property, lighting up the night skies in Danbury. The sounds of voices resounded through the night air, and campers could be seen playing games such as corn hole.