7 Mysterious disappearances

7 Mysterious disappearances

The Lost Colony of Roanoke:

"Settled by Sir Walter Raleigh in the late 16th Century, the Roanoke Island Colony was the first attempt by the English to establish a permanent colony in the new world. Naturally, it ended with every single member of the colony disappearing. No one knows what happened to them, but most people tend to believe that the colony was either wiped out by Indians or even ended up integrating with the local tribes.

Subsequently, many European explorers and pioneers noted that several of the Indian tribes of the area seemed to have European features, so… yeah, the most likely explanation is that the people turned to the Indian tribes for survival in their strange new land and over time assimilated with the natives and essentially ceased to be European. In some ways, it’s actually the most successful account of European integration into the Americas.

Of course, there’s always the possibility that they were all transported to some strange alien planet where they were all hunted for sport by giant squid people. It’s important to be open to all theories."