Interesting bit of the past Roanoke....what happened to all the settlers? Would like to have some theories on this. Were they taken by indians,or abducted by celestial beings.....?

@unwound: Its funny how so many of historys unsolved mysteries are blamed on ET! Lol, I believe the occupants of Roanoke probably suffered some type of disease epidemic, and those that didnt die from it were probably absorbed into the local Native American tribes just to survive!

Dang i haven't heard roanoke since middle school lol i think what hawkeye said its either that or they were killed by the natives or weather due to lack of knowlege or being ignorant to the natives

I remember having to do a report on them in high school. All i knew was they all disappeared lol

They were eaten by the manbearpig

who were the roanoke?

I agree with Hawkeye. Also, I kind of want to agree thefooman! lmao

@dizzee: Roanoke Island’s history is legendary.
Long before Jamestown and Plymouth
were settled, the island played host to
the first English-speaking colonists in
America.
In 1584 an English fort and settlement
with more than 100 men was
established on the north end of the
island, but it was abandoned the
following year due to weather, lack of
supplies and poor relations with the
Native Americans. The colonists and
natives didn’t get along despite the
fact that the two local chiefs, Manteo
and Wanchese, had been taken to
England in hopes of forming good
relations.
In 1587 another party of 110 English
colonists, including women and
children, set sail for the New World,
reaching Roanoke Island in July of
that year. On August 18, one of the
colonists, Eleanor Dare, gave birth to
the first English-speaking child in the
New World, Virginia Dare. A week
later, the baby’s grandfather, Capt.
John White, was forced to return to
England for badly needed supplies.
Due to Spanish attacks on England,
White was waylayed in England for
three years, and when he returned to
Roanoke Island in 1590 there was no
sign of his granddaughter or the other
colonists. Their houses were gone, and
the only sign of human presence was
the letters “CRO” and “CROATOAN”
carved on two trees. This led some
people to believe that the colonists
had sought the help of the Croatoan
Indians on Hatteras Island, but they
were not there. The fate of the lost
colonists is as much a mystery today
as it was then, and their story has
been retold in the outdoor drama The
Lost Colony since 1937.