Lost Colony Of Roanoke Mystery

The island of Roanoke, situated off the coast of present-day North Carolina, U.S., was established in 1585 by English settlers. The new settlement’s governor, John White, left for England to procure more supplies, leaving behind his wife, daughter, son-in-law and grand-daughter; the latter, Virginia Dare, is believed to be the first English child born in the Americas.

When White returned in 1590, he found an abandoned colony, with the word “Croatoan” carved on a post. One of the more popular theories is the occupants of the settlement fled to a nearby island, where they assimilated with a Native American tribe of the same name.