The Mystery of Roanoke Island

Some mysteries are so old, the truth rotted away before anyone could touch it. <break time="1.0s" />

Late 1500s. Over a hundred English settlers vanished from Roanoke Island. Their supply ship

returned three years late… and found nothing. <break time="1.0s" /> No bodies. No signs of a fight.

Just one word carved into a tree: ‘Croatoan.’ A name tied to a nearby island… and to the people who

lived there. <break time="1.0s" /> Some historians believe they moved. Joined the Croatan tribe.

But no written records survived. No confirmed descendants. Just silence. Three years is a

long time to vanish. Long enough for hunger… disease… or something else in those woods to

erase every trace. <break time="1.0s" /> Whatever happened… the colony didn’t leave clues. Just a single word.