History & Updates
As might be expected the terribly sad demise of this Futuro resulted in a large number of photos and posts about it and in among them were a few that caught our attention.
First up the Outer Banks History Center posted these very cool old photos to their Facebook Page.
The photo sources/citations are as follows with the first one showing the units arrival at its original site and the other two showing it at that first site:
PC_5001_4-42_014 — Futuro House construction, Frisco, ca 1972 — David
We woke up this morning to the terribly sad news that this Futuro had been destroyed by fire overnight. Our thanks to the many who let us know about this sad event. Not too much is known as yet and certainly we do not know the cause; what is known can be found in this Island Free Press article.
These photos from the scene were posted to Instagram by talented local photographer Daniel Pullen. Daniel’s photos show, to us at least, that the unit is a complete write of but several folks have commen
This little clip of drone footage was sent to us by Austin Fore (thanks Austin); it shows a view of the Futuro from above we do not recall seeing before. And on another note owner Leroy Reynolds recently posted this video footage to Youtube. The video is titled «inside of the futuro house on the OBX shows the inside during tear out» and it seems pretty likely that following a «tear out» you get some kind of a rebuild so it looks like this unit is going to get a little well deserved TLC. Can’t wa
We were recently messaging back and forth on Instagram and discussing old photos of this Futuro with @graveyardoftheatlanticmuseum. We had come across many of the same photos over the years but the ones below were new to us and are shared here courtesy of @graveyardoftheatlanticmuseum. Three are interesting interior shots while one is a rather cool aerial shot of the Futuro during its time at the Scotch Bonnet.
We really enjoyed seeing this set of photos posted to Instagram recently by Leilah Stone largely because they gave us a great look at the very interesting and somewhat eclectic interior of this unit; it certainly has its own individual character. Leilah; we hope you do not mind us sharing your photos here.
We recently came across a pair of «new-old» photos of this Futuro; «new» in the sense that we had not seen them before but «old» in the sense that they date from way back in the life of this Futuro.
The first shows this Futuro in its days at the Scotch Bonnet site serving as, we believe, «The Footlong Out Of This World Hot Dog Stand». The photo was posted to Instagram 020720 by jigglybutt and likely dates from the 1990’s.
The second photo, posted to Facebook by Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum
This video was posted to YouTube by Wes Snyder Photography on 021820. Though the video does feature this Futuro in the foreground it is perhaps most interesting for the great time-lapse footage of the Milky Way rotating in the night sky behind the Futuro.
Adventure As One published the video below, titled simply «Outer banks Futuro House», to Youtube 062319. It includes a little commentary and background from owner Leroy but there is no new information.
Around the time the video was published we also came across this 360° interior view of this Futuro posted to facebook by 360Cities
This video was posted to Youtube by My Home NC back in September 2017. Interesting conversations including with the owner but no new information.
We came across the photo below the other day on Pinterest; the photo appears to originate from lecontainer.blogspot.com. The location is not identified but we believe it is an early photo of this Futuro in its original location (check out the similarity to this photo). Also over the past few days we came across yet another video featuring this Futuro; this one was recently posted to Youtube by My Home NC.
We recently came acros this video by Daniel Bray on Vimeo.
Recently owner Leroy Reynolds posted this photo to Facebook. Based on the changed look of the interior it looks like his Futuro is going to get a little tlc. Leroy commented this way:
«Got some of the inside work done this afternoon. It’s time to fix up the ship.»
The «controversy» over the Frisco Futuro’s future recently reached local TV with this piece being broadcast by Raleigh, North Carolina TV station WRAL. According to the County spokesperson the Futuro is not actually under any kind of threat but it cannot be occupied in any way unless it is brought up to code; until it is the entrance is supposed to be sealed.
It seems that this Futuro may be running into problems with the local authorities according to this post on the Frisco UFO Facebook page.
While we are not sure the local Country Commissioners will care at all about what folks out of the area think you never know so we encourage anyone who cares about the Futuro House to contact the Dare County Commissioners with a simple message «hands off The Frisco Futuro!» Perhaps if they get inundated they will think better of whatever plans they have.
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This video was posted to YouTube by ConfusedDragon on 041117. It includes a little footage of both the exterior and interior of this Futuro.
Paula Russo, daughter of Lee and Mary Jane Russo, the original owners of this Futuro, emailed us recently with a little update to some of the detailed history of this Futuro that we pulled from the video «Forty Years & Counting» and included in this section of the 041213 update to this page.
The Futuro delivery crew dropped the Futuro on the foundation not in the street. There was a huge buckle in the fiberglass to the right of the door and, as delivered, there was no wiring, no plumbing, no ki
We received an email the other day from John Wood who created several rather cool 360 panoramic images of this Futuro. One interior view and one exterior view are embedded below, further exterior views can be found here, here, here and here. John; thanks for sharing these
; very cool.
This is perhaps one of the most photographed Futuros out there and most times the photos are very similar; that said we rather like this slightly different «dusk» shot taken by Bob 070816; thanks for sending it over Bob.
This video titled «Conversation with a Space Alien in Frisco, NC» includes words from this Futuro’s owner and a rare glimpse inside the unit. Our thanks to AccurateCrabLegs who shot the video and sent us a link to it.
Nancy Hall has shared photos of Frisco before and while she was staying in the area recently she took this interesting photo. Taken 031416 using a zoom lens from the deck of the property Nancy was staying at the photo offers a different perspective than has been seen in prevous photos of this Futuro. Thanks for sharing Nancy.
Dennis Mannion recently sent us the photo below (thanks Dennis) taken by his son Jake. Dennis tells us he and his family vacationed in Frisco or Hatteras many times starting in 1988. On that first vacation the Futuro was in the Scotch Bonnet parking lot; it was a «food spot» and painted silver at the time.
Based on Dennis’ research into the time that Dale Earnhartd Snr. was sponsored by Coke (note the Coke machine in the photo) and personal recollections he and Jake believe the photo was taken
Recently we came across an archived webpage while searching the Internet Archive Wayback Machine which included the photograph below; a Futuro photograph we had never seen before. The original webpage seems to have gone but the archived page can be accessed here.
Initially we did not recognize the location or the Futuro but there were things about the photograph that «rang a bell» and after a little searching we realized it was a photograph of the Frisco Futuro during its time at the Scotch Bon
We came across a video (below), titled «Forty Years & Counting», a little while ago but then lost track of the url. Nancy Hall recently sent us a link; thanks Nancy. The video offers us a fascinating history of this Futuro and features interviews with the various owners over the years along with some great video footage and marvelous stills.
The video was filmed by Kim Best and uploaded to YouTube by Ambato1234. Still photographs are by Lee and Mary Jane Russo and Ricky Jones and there are inte
Nancy Hall captured the following photos during a recent trip to Hatteras Island; the photos are dated from 022713 to 032613. The Futuro remains in poor condition but it does not appear, to us at least, to have deteriorated further over the last couple of years. The photos are displayed with permission; thanks Nancy.
One of the original images we included on this page was a somewhat «freaky» shot by Andrew Henderson. When we contacted him to ask if our displaying one of his photographs here was OK he not only said that was fine but he also sent us a marvelous set of photos of the Frisco Futuro that he had not published online and gave us permission to display them on this site.
The two images below are from this set; to see the whole set go here. The first is another in the «freaky» class; you gotta love th
The book North Carolina Curiosities, 4th (Curiosities Series) includes a two page article on the Frisco Futuro on pages 248-249. We are told that the Futuro first arrived in the area in 1970 and has served many purposes over the years since including serving as an oceanfront cottage, a Boy Scout meeting place, a magazine office, a hotdog stand and a knickknack shop. You can read a part of the article on Google Books.
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