Out-of-this-world home sparks debate along Outer Banks

Name: Out-of-this-world home sparks debate along Outer Banks
Uploaded: 2017-07-04T21:54:20.000Z
Duration: 2 min 25 s
Description: The Futuro House has long been a roadside attraction along the Outer Banks, but a debate between its owner and Dare County is taking the conversation over the out-of-this-world home to new heights.

The Futuro House has long been a roadside attraction along the Outer Banks, but a debate between its owner and Dare County is taking the conversation over the out-of-this-world home to new heights.

Posted 7/4/2017, 9:54:20 PM Updated 9/23/2025, 7:51:59 PM

IT WAS SPARKED BY A LIGHTNING

STRIKE A MONTH AGO.

>>> AND THEY HOPE TO SAVE A

OUTER BANKS ICON WITH DEMANDS

TO REMOVE IT.

>> THE PROPERTY OWNER ASKED

ABOUT MAKING CHANGES, THEY SAY

NOT SO FAST.

IT'S AN ISSUE ON THE TOPIC,

IT'S SORT OF OUT OF THIS WORLD.

>> LIFE ON HATTERIES ISLAND CAN

SOMETIMES BE A LITTLE BIT

WEIRD.

>> MY NAME IS LEE ROY REYNOLDS,

I CALL THIS IS THE FRISCO UFO.

>> IT'S A FUTURE HOUSE, A '70S

ODDITY SOLD THROUGH PLAYBOY

MAGAZINE, IT'S BEEN ON THE

OUTER BANKS IN 4 DECADES, IT

STARTED AS A OCEANFRONT BEACH

HOUSE.

>> I WORKED ON THE HOUSE.

>> I'M TRYING IT RESTORE IT.

>> LEE ROY REYNOLDS OWNS THE

BUILDING, HE DOESN'T OWN THE

PROPERTY, HE HAS BIG PLANS.

>> I WANT TO TURN IT INTO A

LIVING MUSEUM.

>> BUT HE CAN'T.

>> IT IS A LAWN ORNAMENT.

>> THE PROPERTY OWNER SIGNED AN

AGREEMENT WITH DERRICK COUNTY

BACK IN 2006.

THE STRUCTURE DOESN'T MEET

BUILDING CODES, THE ENTRANCE IS

SEALED, NO ONE ALLOWED INSIDE.

>> IT'S OKAY TO LEAVE IT THERE,

BUT HE CAN'T OCCUPY IT.

>> HE SAYS THE COUNTY'S STANCE

HAS NOT CHANGED.

>> NO ONE IS TRYING TO DO

ANYTHING, WE HAVEN'T ASKED HIM

TO REMOVE IT, TO TAKE IT DOWN,

TO DO ANYTHING, HE ASKED ABOUT

OCCUPYING IT, WE TOLD HIM HE

COULD OCCUPY IT AS LONG AS HE

MET CODE.

>> IT'S NOT THAT EASY AND

PLEADING HIS CASE TO WHOEVER

WILL MAKE REPAIRS.

>> THEY'RE SAYING I CAN'T TO DO

ANYTHING WITH.

>> IT AN ONLINE PETITION IS

CALLING FOR ACTION TOSHACH THE

UFO HOUSE.

>> I HAVE TO PUSH THE ISSUE.

>> THE ODDITY HAS VALUE.

>> IT'S THERE AND INTERESTING,

AND IT'S NOT HURTING A THING

AND PEOPLE SEEM TO ENJOY IT,

IT'S A GOOD THING.

>> SELL THE T SHIRTS AND THE

LIGHTHOUSE, IT'S A SPACESHIP,

WHAT BETTER TOOL --

>> IT'S A SPACESHIP IT, NEEDS

TO GO AROUND THE WORLD.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE IT.

>> VERY UNIQUE, ISN'T IT?

>> WELL, THE HOUSE WAS MOVED TO

ITS CURRENT LOCATION IN THE MID-

90S, HE MAY NOT HAVE FOLLOWED

THE RULES BACK THEN, BUT HE

COULD DO THINGS GOOD FOR THE

COMMUNITY AND HE HOPES THIS