The Mysterious Disappearance of Roanoke Colony
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Published 2017-11-24
We tackle the oldest mystery in US history
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Roanoke Island, North Carolina
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Map of 1590 engraved by Theodore de Bry after watercolour by the English colonist John White, governor of Roanoke. Virginia and coast with small islands and Roanoke at mouth of river. Secotan and Weapemeoc native lands.
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All Comments (21)
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John White: brb Roanoke Colonists: ✔️ Read at 1587
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John White: leaves for supplies but doesn't come back The entire colony: Aight Imma head out
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I honestly think they just moved to Croatoan. They probably got tired of waiting for John (since he was gone for 3 years) or they thought he died and wouldn't return so they just left. They had no food and proper water supply so they weren't just gonna keep waiting. They must've made peace with the natives and lived among them
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Everyone: Wow, this is such a mystery! What happened? This is so unbelievable. The pale, blue-eyed blond people + mixed kids witnessed living with the Croatoan tribe: Yeah, that sure is weird.
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John white: this year i lost my dear colony The colony: actually we just moved in with these native Americans John white: sometimes I still hear their voices
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Ryan: explains what aglets are Me: Sir, please, I've seen Phineas & Ferb.
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they left a note. they literally told people where they went.
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By missing colony, what the history books really mean is the colony said exactly where they went and the one dude who could follow up on it just never checked because it was too hard and he gave up.
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If John White isn’t back in 15 minutes, we can leave the colony
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John white: leaves for 3 years Colonists: vanish John white: oMg hOw diD tHiS HaPpEN
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I'm curious if the experts bothered to ask oh, idk...the Native Americans whose ancestors were literally on the same island at the same time that the colonists disappeared? I swear to god if this is another Easter Island 'mystery' that's not actually a mystery because the Native people had (at least some of ) the answers - I'm gonna go insane.
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If they weren't just simply at Croatoan, then the cannibalism theory makes sense to me. They needed supplies and food and had to wait almost three more years for it. People in history have caved to that plenty of times before.
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Anybody remember the episode of Spongebob where the whole town left for "No Spongebob Day" well this is like that but instead its "No John White Day" except it's an entire lifetime.
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left brain: they just went with the tribe, the tribe just started “mysteriously” having blonde hair & blue eyes children, it’s not rocket science right brain: zömbiî apökâlypsš
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the voice in which Shane said NO. OUR FRIEND IS COMING BACK AND HES GONNA BRING US BLANKETS absolutely sent me
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The tribe that I am a part of is believed to be direct descendants of the Roanoke colony. It's been talked about for generations.
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If you ever feel sad about being ghosted just remember John White was ghosted by an entire town lmaooo
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Everyone: "*OMG ROANOKE IS SO MYSTERIOUS AND TERRIFYING*" croatoan natives: had "mysterious" blonde haired and blue eyed children, and english artifacts
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17:22 ok that was a genius move. Now I need new pants.
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The old days seemed crazy. Almost no communication . People would just go for a walk and never come back
