@lmriviere: DARK HISTORY: The Debunked Mystery of The ‘Lost’ Colony of Roanoke ⚓️📜 In 1590, John White returned to Roanoke Island to find 115 settlers gone. For 400 years, we’ve been told the colony vanished into thin air. But did they? #darkhistory #debunked #mystery #LearnonTikTokContest #EduTokContest
I don’t understand why they thought they were missing when they literally wrote where they were going on a tree
2026-08-22 20:00:05
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JustMeInLV :
The native Americans have been telling historians forever that they took those people in. No one believed them. Bunch of BS
2026-08-23 07:56:56
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Diametrically Opposed :
The museum there has a book they let kids write their theories in and this one was my favorite.
2026-08-22 16:12:22
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JPOP :
Shouldn’t the dna be traceable today among the native people?
2026-08-23 00:03:51
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Frankie :
As a central VA kid, we were in US history class saying "They LITERALLY said where they went in a pre-aranged worst case scenario agreement yet they still called them lost.....?"
2026-08-20 03:24:22
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That One Time at Banned Camp :
Sob. 😭 I can never again read House of Leaves the same way. (Seriously though, good one. Fascinating!)
2026-08-20 03:21:52
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Amy Crittenden❌ :
The Lumbee tribe of North Carolina claims to be descended from the Roanoke settlers.
2026-08-19 21:53:52
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Debbie :
They literally left a forwarding address. 😂
2026-08-25 23:05:53
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Laura KB :
THANK YOU OMG this is my Roman Empire. They left a fucking note 📝
2026-08-24 01:17:42
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Reuben Frank :
This has always been one of my favorite mysteries. Once I saw you doing this, I locked in!
2026-08-19 21:11:52
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tovethornwick :
wow that's cool
2026-11-06 15:28:11
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Ashton Gilmore :
I remember reading in 8th grade (I'm 39) an article about future settlers encountering blue eyed native children in the Roanoke/Manteo area. I remember thinking "oh, that explains that mystery."
2026-08-24 14:09:11
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Amanda McCarter - Indie Author :
/busts out the popcorn. Let's go.
2026-08-20 13:35:51
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dazedphreak :
Growing up in North Carolina, I remember them teaching it’s about the lost colony in school. I also remember thinking it was pretty damn obvious they went to live with the Croatoans.
2026-08-25 02:17:16
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lmriviere :
*Sorry about the slight delay, I had a typo to fix😅
2026-08-19 19:15:23
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ChildFree Heathen Sasshole📚💙 :
Ugh. You ruined it 😏
2026-08-19 19:31:18
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HCGAcolyte :
I love this kind of lore and history. I think I’ll sit down by the campfire and listen to you.
2026-08-23 23:35:05
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sharpen_the_blade :
Instant follow 👍🏼👍🏼 I have always been fascinated with the Roanoke colony. This year my son and I visited the island and went to the Elizabethan Botanical Gardens. We got to see a live oak that would have been a sapling at that time. Thanks for sharing this 😊
2026-08-22 22:59:05
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doccajones :
I’m live in NC. Been on both Roanoke and Hatteras. Have heard this theory and believe it. It is also suggested around here that the Lumbee are descendants of the mixed race of Croatoan and English. Only speaking what I’ve heard.
2026-08-23 23:18:41
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lmriviere :
Please note the wall of sources posted at the bottom of these comments🖤
2026-08-19 19:13:01
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