For years, Dan Knight had wanted to get back at those in Polk County Florida who had made his life miserable when he was younger. He had served in Korea and on his way back home in 1956 had stopped in Camelot which was an island off of England, he had met Sky who was living with her younger sister Viviane. Ten days later he married Sky and two weeks later they moved to Florida. Viviane came a couple of years later.
People from Camelot were well known for their practice of witchcraft, magic and sorcery all over the world. Sky's spells had caused Dan to become a very wealthy man and he bought huge chucks of land outside of Lakeland Florida and others from Camelot were encouraged to re-locate to Florida. Dan divided the land up and got a hefty profit from those who bought homes or land from him.
King Uther's father had been harshly condemned and criticized for his treatment of those who practiced witchcraft and the Craft. During the Depression of the 1930's and until the mid1950's , he had imprisoned and had many of them executed, some of whom were children. In 1956 when King Uther came on the throne upon his father's death, he released those who practiced the craft and allowed anyone who did safe passage out of Camelot. Most came to the US and a large number of them came to Florida and settled in the Central Florida area.
It wasn't long before reports of those practicing witchcraft and sorcery became known throughout the State of Florida. Outlawing practicing witchcraft countywide didn't stop those from Camelot from coming to the area and didn't stop them from practicing their craft. Officials plotted of what to do.
March 1971
The 1970 census showed Camelot Florida as having a population of 20,000. County Councilman David Jones cursed when he saw the figures. He was sitting at the Polk Country Club with a group of community leaders in Lakeland. Also in attendance was King Uther who owned a large castle in Lakeland.
"We have at least 18,000 witches, people who practice magic, sorcery and God only knows what else. Mark should have never listening to Dan... They are the second largest city in the County which is very disturbing. They are hundreds of them in the state, a good number of them in Daytona Beach and Orlando. This census figures shows those who were born in Camelot to be residents of Florida to be about 60,000, 10 to 15 percent of whom are in this county and this is very very disturbing. What do we do about it, if anything?
Councilman David Jones was clearly very upset when he read the Florida census report.
"What are we to do about this?" asked Businessman Daniel Smith.
"Sky put a spell on Dan so that he would fall in love with her. I know how they operate. You have some very dangerous individuals in Polk County, gentleman. They create problems everywhere they went. I let them go and it costs money to jail and imprison people in the modern age. " said King Uther, matter of factually.
"Well thank you so much your royal highness for dumping them on us."
"Well, they were needed in Florida."
What the King didn't tell the councilman was that he was paid by the US government millions of dollars in 1957 not to execute any person who was a crafter. The US government had also paid for those who had exiled to come to the US. Florida seemed like a good place to put them. It was a good deal for the King who kept about half the money. The other half was spent equally on the military and projects that he wanted.
"We can't jail them, but we have passed laws trying to restrict their practices, but it hasn't worked. We have been tough on them the last four years, having federal investigators go into their community but they find nothing wrong. We are beginning to look bad. Well, at least these people don't breed like rabbits, otherwise, God help us."
"Over my dead body will they ever harm us."