Trolling Around

Big Pete

Yesterday my husband caught up to me again, age-wise. To celebrate we went to see MJ The Musical Sunday after going out to dinner. But on the actual b-day we decided to go hunting for a troll in Charlotte. We had been reading about Big Pete with the big feet since he was unveiled in November of 2025. One of artist Thomas Dambo's "Trolls of America", Big Pete is the only one in Charlotte.

Dambo's dream is to have at least one troll in each state. They are made of recycled wood and other materials, and are built by local community members and placed in nature. Dambo is an artist who was born and lives in Denmark, and since 2014 he has become internationally known for his large trolls.

Big Pete is one of the larger trolls, measuring 65 feet in length. His feet are 7 feet tall! There was no one there when we visited, making it easy to get pictures of him with no one in the way. We did want a couple photos with one of us in it for scale though. That is when you can truly appreciate how large this art piece is.

Seeing Big Pete has whetted our appetite to see some of the other trolls. North Carolina has an additional five trolls in Raleigh, and another one in High Point. I sense a road trip in our future.