The Mysterious Disappearance of Roanoke Colony

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[@michaeladams762]

John White: brb Roanoke Colonists: ✔️ Read at 1587

[@Hs-sm9iv]

From Colonists Delivered 3yrs Ago *opens snap* Croatoan Hmm I don’t know what this means definitely not the island right beside me.

[@BreakingWhite]

damn why didn’t John White just look at snapmap it would’ve solved the whole mystery

[@c.j.6096]

I laughed at the comment pretty hard and cried from laughter by the comments of the comment.

[@raccoonngutz5874]

John White: _leaves for supplies but doesn't come back_ The entire colony: *Aight Imma head out*

[@audreyann1975]

"Aight! Imma...." I'm stunned that people actually speak this way. "Aight" is one of the stupidest thing I've ever heard. To think it's deliberate 😐

[@5000mahmud]

@@audreyann1975 ok boomer

[@03brandongarcia]

audrey ann Quiet your extra chromosomes

[@makizaaa]

audrey ann omg shut up

[@striker5439]

@@audreyann1975 boomer alert

[@eucalyptusfox7553]

Everyone: Wow, this is such a mystery! What happened? This is so unbelievable. The pale, blue-eyed blond people + mixed kids witnessed living with the Croatoan tribe: Yeah, that sure is weird.

[@seanydeas]

Ngl y’all should dna test the Croatoan ancestors to see if their is any evidence of being related to the Dare’s

[@elrose171]

@@seanydeasthis 😂 we have DNA testing for a reason, why isn’t anyone using it? if they had children they’ll have descendants. if they weren’t abducted and killed someone literally would’ve left and came forward

[@daggergaming3943]

@@elrose171 Well by now, enough of the people would have married and had childeren, that all the way down the family tree the original DNA of the colonizers would have dwindled (Take this with a grain of salt, I'm no expert)

[@dragonwings1273]

I think what’s being suggested is taking DNA tests of the skeletons from around the same time period to see if the results match up.

[@MyNameIsRow01]

@dragonwings1273 were the skeletons preserved well enough to even do that?

[@tavancub]

I honestly think they just moved to Croatoan. They probably got tired of waiting for John (since he was gone for 3 years) or they thought he died and wouldn't return so they just left. They had no food and proper water supply so they weren't just gonna keep waiting. They must've made peace with the natives and lived among them

[@gummysnacksandknives9229]

Legit that's very likely what happened if I remember right the local people say they moved there and lived with them Like they left a note what more do you want

[@kibz2005]

Honestly, I think the locals killed and ate them

[@olivia6515]

@@kibz2005 but there probably would have been signs of the colony fighting back bc i doubt they’d just come along to be eaten willingly, there were a decent number of them after all

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

@@kibz2005 The locals in that area were never cannibals though, so that seems pretty unlikely.

[@alexisb3829]

Or maybe they moved inland

[@moonagedaydr3am]

John white: this year i lost my dear colony The colony: actually we just moved in with these native Americans John white: sometimes I still hear their voices

[@artemis_mave3512]

Violet Hetherington Awesome, a Brother Bear reference!

[@ellaherfandoms5689]

Roanoke colony: white mystery

[@lilyneish564]

screamingggg

[@robinurgender8617]

Stop telling everyone I’m dead!

[@scp--297]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kerrid5717]

If you ever feel sad about being ghosted just remember John White was ghosted by an entire town lmaooo

[@lareynadlsr3190]

🤦‍♀️😄🤣

[@zoewilson1215]

But I bet the town felt like John white ghosted them too

[@ssfbob456]

"I swear to god, if he tells me out his MLM *one* more time, I'm gonna fucking lose it!"

[@KidEmperor11]

i understand him, I got ghosted by my crush

[@kendallb6127]

oh hey, we have the same pfp except yours is a little cooler

[@yourdadisizzy]

they left a note. they literally told people where they went.

[@thatloserkyle]

Thats the issue with unsolved cases or mysteries. You can have circumstantial evidence but if you have no concrete proof then there will be so many theories, situations, or possible scenarios. I dont think that word is concrete proof, yeah it s circumstantial for sure, but since John white didnt ever reach it we dont know

[@emilybarclay8831]

@@thatloserkyle I think the fact that the local Croatoan tribe at the time started having blonde and blue eyed kids with western surnames born and that the local tribes literally stated the settlers joined their tribe is pretty solid evidence

[@elrose171]

@@emilybarclay8831yeah but there’s literally zero evidence of this. it’s ONLY stories and old rags which could’ve belonged to a number of settlers. there’s no DNA, there are multiple tribes claiming they’re from the croatoan and have descendants but none of them have been tested, no one’s even tried.

[@featofclay2295]

@@emilybarclay8831Nah, it was aliens from outer space. All evidence points to the entire colony having been abducted by flying saucers, never to be seen again by the rest of humankind. It’s the only plausible explanation…that or a grizzly encounter with Bigfoot. /s

[@pazz]

By missing colony, what the history books really mean is the colony said exactly where they went and the one dude who could follow up on it just never checked because it was too hard and he gave up.

[@Jobe-13]

Yup

[@maxine5177]

John white: *leaves for 3 years* Colonists: *vanish* John white: oMg hOw diD tHiS HaPpEN

[@sadaesthetic724]

Lol

[@user-ih6rd6by6o]

How the hell does this have 1 reply???

[@ALI3NPROFESS0R]

Butthole

[@withdrawn_illustrator356]

Coochies

[@Iconhulk]

3 years.... 3 years.....

[@alyjones9391]

left brain: they just went with the tribe, the tribe just started “mysteriously” having blonde hair & blue eyes children, it’s not rocket science right brain: zömbiî apökâlypsš

[@JJ-oe5tm]

Full brain: they hid and later snuck onto a slaver ship, leading to the existence of the song “cotton eye joe” by causing one of the slaves to have blue eyes

[@alyjones9391]

JJ you know what, you are absolutely correct

[@einienj3281]

😄😄

[@xXxGordO241xXx]

😂😂

[@lizabethduran4417]

@@JJ-oe5tm 😂😂🤫😁

[@karak962]

the voice in which Shane said NO. OUR FRIEND IS COMING BACK AND HES GONNA BRING US BLANKETS absolutely sent me

[@erickantoine5584]

I'm curious if the experts bothered to ask oh, idk...the Native Americans whose ancestors were literally on the same island at the same time that the colonists disappeared? I swear to god if this is another Easter Island 'mystery' that's not actually a mystery because the Native people had (at least some of ) the answers - I'm gonna go insane.

[@DoomAndBloom]

A lot of native American history was wiped out by colonists.

[@gummysnacksandknives9229]

Your going to go insane sorry if I'm remembering right the locals said the Roanoke colony moved in with them

[@callie5282]

Local native tribes told William Stryker (secretary of the Jamestown colony) that most, if not all of the missing colony lived in the Chesapeake area with the native tribe there. Also, the chief of the Powhatan tribe said that the colony moved in with the Chesapeake natives, but they were slain in battle. (He allegedly told John Smith this and it was recorded by Stryker)

[@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013]

Lack of written records and a degree of uncertainty about *whose* ancestors the local tribes actually are serve as the answer to this. It's a question that's been the subject of active research for more than four centuries, if there was an easy answer actually supported by anything of value, someone would have gotten rich writing a book about it. There are native groups that identify as descendants of the local tribes and the missing colonists today, but that's more a matter of them adopting a popular explanation than anything like them having an accurate oral history of anything like it.

[@aaronengland5622]

@@iusethisnameformygoogleacc1013 Oral traditions are usually pretty good among the tribes. The bigger issue you run into is when tribes intermingle and end up with multiple stories as to where they came from. for example the Cherokee moved from an Island to the southeastern US. they lived among the Iroquois who were originally from the southeastern US until a territorial dispute caused a war that lasted a least 100 years and ultimately forced the Iroquois to move north. Both the Cherokee and the Seneca tell this story and it is backed up with a quite a bit of evidence. As of today the official record still states that the cherokee speak and Iroquoian language (due to shared words) and that they are just a group of Iroquois that split off and traveled south from the great lakes region.

[@ToddHowar.d]

If John White isn’t back in 15 minutes, we can leave the colony

[@TealWolf26]

Maybe the island glitched out and they just clipped below the world geometry. So they're stuck below the surface and can't path out again.

[@Itsyaboijacoob]

It just ,,,,,,,,, works

[@Ipsolus]

Patrolling Roanoke Island almost makes you wish for some native booty.

[@dom4397]

TealWolf26 sounds like a game Todd made

[@dom4397]

4x The size of Fallout 4

[@cannibalisticrequiem]

Ryan: *explains what aglets are* Me: Sir, please, I've seen Phineas & Ferb.

[@imjustlucy_29]

🎼Don’t forget it!

[@sincelery5389]

Same!

[@magicrabbit9446]

Thats how i learned what they are

[@captain_noo]

Me, a veteran:

[@thespine29]

A-G-L-E-T (AGLET!) DON'T FORGET IT!

[@ginkgomoth]

If they weren't just simply at Croatoan, then the cannibalism theory makes sense to me. They needed supplies and food and had to wait almost three more years for it. People in history have caved to that plenty of times before.

[@rae6982]

they were lol, it was actually solved

[@blkmtl96]

The tribe that I am a part of is believed to be direct descendants of the Roanoke colony. It's been talked about for generations.

[@geni412]

Is it the Lumbee tribe of Sampson County or Robeson???

[@kellydepaz525]

Fascinating! Which tribe are you from?

[@Connifer]

Everyone: "*OMG ROANOKE IS SO MYSTERIOUS AND TERRIFYING*" croatoan natives: had "mysterious" blonde haired and blue eyed children, and english artifacts

[@koo-core7274]

It’s obvious what happened, they joined the natives like many settlers did when things got hard during that time. They became white natives. There was a drought and no food, the only people conditioned to live there were the natives and the settlers had no other choice.

[@atme365]

And maybe some of the ones who didn't, are the ones who resorted to cannibalism

[@haley551]

@Ben from smart house that was actually pretty common, a lot of settlers found the native american lifestyle appealing so they left english colonies. they talk about it in Lies My Teacher Told Me

[@lordofassassins11]

@@atme365 but they didn't find any bones right? That's one hitch in the whole cannibalism theory.

[@mal428]

@@lordofassassins11 they must have slurped those bones up

[@ocgmercury]

Tbh, the colonists probably thought John white abandoned them, and with no supply’s, they wandered off.

[@luisarellano1083]

Makes sense since John White was gone for 3 years.

[@theskyisnotreal]

They said naw

[@solei5678]

Most likely. No supplies means time to bounce.

[@ocgmercury]

Kira Sedayao that got me 🤣

[@astrowolvez]

They went to the one native tribe that liked them. Archaeologists even found some artifacts where the tribe lived that only colonists would have.

[@thiagoalves6649]

17:22 ok that was a genius move. Now I need new pants.

[@iliterallyloveihop4750]

LMAOA

[@blessings1063]

yeah i was gonna say why no one is talking about that part

[@foxwolf316]

dud that gave my heart a huge beat i freak out when i saw it, after watching this episode no more than a couple hand full of times i never saw that until now

[@Spaghettineck]

The old days seemed crazy. Almost no communication . People would just go for a walk and never come back

[@madisonpenney1045]

Anybody remember the episode of Spongebob where the whole town left for "No Spongebob Day" well this is like that but instead its "No John White Day" except it's an entire lifetime.

[@sammy0937]

LMFAO

[@evelynneclipse2069]

LOL good one

[@zombies4evadude24]

Madison Penney ayyyy 👉😉👉

[@maybooe22]

No John white FOREVER Join us in leaving this idiot! Get your tickets to Croatian for only 1.99!!

[@alhassan28546]

@@maybooe22 count me in

[@Coyoteari]

Colonists: we were taken in by the croatoan tribe, we even left a note saying where we went, you can even see our descendants in the tribe John White: hmm it’s a mystery I guess we’ll never know

[@SilverSting420]

THANK YOU!

[@maestromazmorra9597]

@@SilverSting420 This is just white denial. Their people integrated with the local natives to survive, so they pretended they just vanished.

[@apolloanderson6403]

LITWRALIY

[@deseuryderia]

@@maestromazmorra9597 or they probably said that they killed them to be angry at them for no reason lmaoo if there's one thing colonizers are good at, it's being an ass to native tribes for no reason.

[@calypsoa205]

@@maestromazmorra9597 white people think they were so superior to Native Americans in the 1500s that there was no way after a few months the people of Roanoke were just like “okay we can starve to death or we can try to show that we’re peaceful to these Native Americans and hopefully gain some food, shelter, and maybe take a bath whatever that is”. Like after 6 months they probably gave up on him coming back and just got down on their knees and begged a tribe to help them out, once they intermingled and found that the tribe was human (wow! Shocker!) they just stayed. White supremacy kind of goes out the window when the only options are death and mixing. Maybe one dude went back to Roanoke and wrote where they went, maybe there were other more temporary notes left like a paper that got lost in the wind or a message written in the sand. Edit: fixed a were->where

[@TheCrazierz]

Roanoke always interested me. I remember learning about it in school and seeing videos about it that intrigued me. But I never knew Croatoan was an island. I always thought it was a mystery word. I don't remember anything ever saying it was an actual place. That really takes a big chunk of the mystery away.

[@antiqueandroid]

Is NO ONE going to comment about the mannequin’s head moving on its own at the 17:20 mark?!?!? 😱😱😱😱😱

[@igdanny_the_politician1831]

damn how nobody saw that

[@feraliguana8931]

apparently on reddit they said that they did it on purpose since so many viewers said they hate the mannequin

[@subhashkadam7078]

I also noticed that 😱

[@GenerallyChaotic6839]

Oh yeah. That happens every once in a while

[@goosesatan]

You just gotta let it do its thing

[@joshfine9087]

My history teacher thought this was a legit history channel video and turned it off after the 2 f bombs, it was hilarious 🤣

[@dzeuqra723]

Haha did they not watch it in advance. This just shows that they had no idea what to teach so just decided maybe a video will help.

[@cupcakeprime559]

I would show this to a bunch of teenagers

[@aiden.ambulance]

ATSHDJFJ

[@omnien]

💀💀

[@your_mom7597]

Yo 😭 That’s great

[@zefyre7481]

1) the man never made it to Croatoan 2) English artifacts later found there 3) colonists knew a person in the tribe, who knew White was leaving 4) children in the native tribes suddenly started having blue eyes and blonde hair The World: OMG WHERE DID THEY GO???

[@melissaji7493]

iDragonSpyro iuh

[@ninjanippledog725]

The english artifacts couldve easily been brought by the chief who consistently visited the uk. And, they didnt have blue eyes, they were described as grey, which is exceedingly rare in people of european descent

[@naopoint4096]

iDragonSpyro no every single person in the island disappeared

[@christianguerrero70]

Yeah it's either they just left and fell into some indian tribes throughout the land or were killed by them. I'm betting atleast one is partially true.

[@SANTIAGO1979PR]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@Eric_Nguyen.]

I love how Shane's holding a ball and continuously squeezing it just knowing things are gonna get messy in this mystery, just to finally throw it angerly

[@jenn9911]

21:20 why is this whole bit so amusing to me, ryan going “feed me more bullets yeahh” is just amazing

[@johanvajse8410]

I enjoy Shane saying "He was on drugs, Ryan!"

[@Lily-bj2pe]

The mannequin always freaks me out, but it's worse when you see it moving.

[@nasathefrogface5366]

What do you mean

[@AtomTheReactive]

@@nasathefrogface5366 17:22

[@settingamez8406]

Same..

[@hoshihoranghaesvt]

I screamed when I saw that 😻🙏🏼

[@keno502]

Have you noticed that the MIB mannequin always move whenever there's a reference of aliens? You can see it move in other vids too.

[@user-nm4gp5bw2p]

*mannequin starts to move* Everyone: aight imma head out

[@zkillerwolfz3308]

ok

[@jisungpark8135]

😂 “aight imma head out ✌️”

[@thereisalwaysarainbowafter1364]

Smitty WerbenJagerManJensen mood

[@magicrabbit9446]

At 17:20 it moved.

[@05grace91]

That's so scary 😫😫😫

[@daedalusmedia]

I love how despite being stupendously easy to figure out what happened here this is treated as a mystery. They left a note, now I grant you it wasn’t a good note but some pretty basic application of critical thinking answers this question in a fairly logical way. Lacking supplies, the desperate remaining colonists ether joined or were forced to serve a nearby tribe of Native Americans. Mystery solved.

[@wigsmey4462]

The integration theory is probably most likely. Settlers integrated all the time, especially under circumstances where they were starving or under threat from other tribes.

[@chassegunter6915]

its pretty obviously this one

[@sabrinaschell4938]

Ryan's theories are so ridiculous, even the mannequin had to give him a judgmental look.

[@LiveCreative-qt8jy]

😂😂Truue

[@aestheticgcddess3054]

😂😂😂 Well some of them are but I think everyone has had a time where they have a ridiculous theory

[@allthelanguages7945]

Did you see the manniquen head move at 17:20

[@Raven27495]

I can kinda buy the 1st, 2nd, and possibly the 3rd and 5th, I only think that the 5th theory is a little bent up, the colonists could very well have eaten each other but I only think this was due to survival, there were similar cases of cannibalism in other early American colonies, due to running out of supplies, food, or being locked in their fort area by the natives, and they sent White to gather supplies, they could have ate the least likely to survive and the remaining settlers starved due to no one else on the island, a zombie plauge just seems ridiculous.

[@43productions93]

@@allthelanguages7945 I did to and it freaked me out

[@deathkiller275]

I love that they know the fans hate the mannequin, so they make it move it’s head in the middle of filming

[@j_warner2013]

Literally like almost peed I was like wtf

[@deathkiller275]

@@nordichope7301 17:22

[@FBI-ju5no]

I had just finished loading my grandson's toy gun, the kind with those ends that stick to things when they hit, when I saw the mannequin move. In surprise, I unintentionally pulled the trigger, and hit the screen where it's head was.

[@its_lapis_lazuli1277]

How r u sure it was them

[@shakenbake3107]

That was so creepy lol

[@bunnynumbers9153]

"why didn't they leave a note or something with more info" just my personal theory but maybe they had nothing to write on or with since they seemed to be lacking supplies in general

[@ianfink2493]

no

[@vivivalley]

couldnt they like,,,carve out a note on a tree

[@laurenroberts1120]

@@vivivalley I saw a documentary where they had found relevant rocks that had carvings on them that had been left behind telling clues of their relocation. You can probably Google this to hear the details

[@devons.3481]

they literally left a note of a nearby island where their best native american friend lived and johnny boy couldn't check that island. how is this a mystery lmao they were low on food and tools when john left, why would he expect them to be in the same place three years later???

[@luishernandezsoto]

They said in the video that John tried to check the island but failed due to bad weather preventing him from reaching the different island where most of his people would be at.

[@dzdzik]

native americans: you have to get out of this land colonists: why colonists: *suddenly disappears*

[@User-qy3kx]

Muhammad Dzikrullah AHSJSKDK

[@WesternOhioInterurbanHistory]

That's what I thought.

[@sarah1233763]

Yes we killed them whoopsie poopsie 😂😂

[@jimmcclain8677]

I guess the colonists had the last laugh?

[@dnicole4236]

Jim Mcclain there’s still native Americans so how

[@vqntiis]

What if he just sailed to the wrong island

[@averylester8191]

Lps Soup that’s hilarious to think about

[@operationtakeoveryoutube1724]

Omg that's actually possible 😂

[@AMY1213141]

Then it probably wouldn’t have the word on the tree

[@JammelyMorales-Galvan]

@@averylester8191 ok 7 u thou îooooi

[@dennis2001ish]

Circumnavigation was just developing during Elizabethan time and they spent most of their time using drake to find a passage to China

[@TheRogueCommand]

I don't know why but Shane's simple delivery of "Food" is the funniest dang thing XD

[@drewwicht7139]

17:20 Shane is thinkin "Don't you say it!... Don't you say the 'A' word"

[@seraphicalism]

native americans : leave. colonist : no lmao. native americans: hippity hoppity, you *are* going to *leave* my property. colonist : *gone*

[@mintyrose6686]

Yes. That’s exactly how it happened! XD

[@zekedia2223]

\_o_/ | /\ Who can guess what happened?

[@duck3819]

K fam

[@jefferycollins4844]

What you mean to tell me the shaman said “Hippity Hoppity get the F**k off our property” and they just got a glassy look in their eye and just walked off into the trees and were likely Merced by other tribes

[@duck3819]

@@jefferycollins4844 yep, cause as history tells us, if it makes no sense, it probably happened

[@pigeonbusiness]

The fact that this is still a mystery baffles me. They literally wrote down where they went. How more obvious could it be?

[@Keith-zr2ct]

There was no decisive or hard proof left on croatoan so we don’t know for sure if they ever made it, not to mention there’s no ancient artifacts or evidence left that they arrived on croatoan, the most plausible theory I have is that they died on the way to croatoan

[@Yum69]

kr10 id agree but there was some evidence that Europeans were on the croatoan islands at the time

[@frenchsoldier8485]

Let's just agree that they tried to go to the Croatoan

[@Yum69]

French Soldier yeah hopefully

[@dpraldy3235]

@@Keith-zr2ct It is explained that the reason John White went back to England was because the colonists are running out of tools and supplies. So it makes sense to me that once they arrive, most of their tools had broken, and they instead used the local tools and wares. Thus eliminating most of the artifact traces.

[@wcr2265]

I have a theory: if the colony was attacked by natives, maybe they were forced to leave quickly there for they only had time to carve ‘Croatoan’ on a tree in hopes that John white would see it. Once they got to croatoan island, maybe it is possible they were wiped out by the 2 storms (especially because of how small the island was) that also caused John white to turn back twice. And there remains..in the Atlantic.

[@MainaGakere]

Ever since I watched this episode I have been obsessed with the mysterious disappearance of the Roanoke Colony. Been looking at articles and blogs about it. It's really fascinating.

[@bri4931]

Lmao John went away for 3 years while they were struggling and he expected them to be in the same place with replenished food? He really said "Well... YOLO"

[@abigailc9322]

homeboy really left them with no resources or food for 3 years and said "stay here i'll be back" and was shocked when they didn't lmao

[@bri4931]

@@abigailc9322 frrrr

[@tanviohol6807]

@@abigailc9322 honestly tho

[@charlesqueen7008]

They solved the mystery this year

[@bri4931]

@@charlesqueen7008 continue..

[@trackpadthanos]

Okay here’s my theory: when he came back 3 years later he just went to the wrong island

[@zkillerwolfz3308]

or he drowned

[@nonbirenthenon-binarysiren6299]

mcrxliz That’s not that impossible! I mean a storm could’ve blown him off course, he could’ve forgotten which island it was and sailed to another (I think the carving was made by either natives or other settlers), etc. Honestly I believe that this could’ve happened!

[@chequeavailabilitea]

@@nonbirenthenon-binarysiren6299 Natives who knew our Roman alphabet, I ll buy that /s (you gotta have the attentionspan of a fruitfly if you didn't even think of that)

[@nonbirenthenon-binarysiren6299]

Rob Schouten I have ADHD so yes I do have an incredibly short attention span

[@CRUSH40RULES]

I dunno, the surely would've recongised the houses they built there.

[@akari8347]

We had an activity based on this case for socials. She gave us several possible theories and the main evidence in this case and made us choose which one seemed the most likely

[@protagonistman4546]

Which theory has a more weight?

[@2007VolkswagenJetta]

Yo what school did you go to? We had the same assignment

[@elsarankin7404]

WILD theory: "Croatoan" was a not at all cryptic note saying exactly where they were going, and then they perished in the same stormy seas that prevented John White from getting from Roanoke to Croatoan later. But no, let's leapfrog over that to zombies and aliens. *Screams into pillow*

[@Sogggys]

It did mean that was where they were going to go, white and the colony decided on a writing that word to signify they were leaving to croatoan in the event he didn't come back

[@myettechase]

“The whole colony disappeared without a trace.” “Okay, so there was *one* trace.”

[@vuedanto8576]

Oh poor trace, he was left alone :( Btw your 600th like

[@liamsagna9708]

It’s ok he just forgor 💀

[@marycanary86]

if they all vanished without a trace, how tf does tht archaeologist dude have evidence of cannibalism...??

[@androidmk5987]

Alright make that like...4...maybe 5...maybe 54 other people who claimed they were descended from them.

[@laurenroberts1120]

I've seen it documentary where they found stones thought to be left behind by one of the residents of Roanoke and then they found a map as well that showed a route thought taken by them by boat. I think it's either one of two things they relocated or the Indians got to them. Doesn't seem that mysterious. Seems the most likely other than they were beamed up by aliens

[@victoriabonifacio7921]

petition for a video of them burning the mannequin

[@hazeltusing5410]

Why is the head of the mannequin is moving at 17:26

[@thebestspaghetti]

I NOTICED THAT AND I WAS SO SCARED SKSKSKS

[@SavageBunnyGetMoney]

donate it to Isla de las Muñecas its no good no more :(

[@joshanderson3961]

@@hazeltusing5410 haha, thank you for the time stamp, that is fuckin creepy

[@piper6871]

17:22 omg

[@bluezealot6624]

Welp back to unsolved we go, guys

[@Quantumsomething]

So sad but true 😢

[@MsNoPixel]

12:38 Shane, I too make a map/blueprint of my room when rearranging furniture, I’ve never met another person whose done that! It saves so much time & eliminates most of the “moving stuff & not liking how it looks so now I gotta move it again” nonsense. It’s a great way to get a sense of what the new layout of the room is gonna be without all the repeated heavy lifting.

[@_asterimos_7815]

Ryan: ALIENS Shane: Dude seriously? Ryan: Z O M B I E A P O C A L Y P S E

[@mercibeloved3516]

Gianna Cutillo Zombocalypse

[@leilahassani2988]

Okay hear me out: The colony decided to go to the Croatoan Island for some reason, like lack of food supplies, and so they took a boat. But as you said, when John White tried to do the same, both times he had to face storms. Maybe... the colony faced a storm and just drowned, which would explain why there was no body on any of the islands and no trace of a fight either

[@irlneilcircirega9344]

Leila Hassani wouldn’t they have been found by now or wouldn’t the remains be found on the shore of either island also wouldn’t there be boat parts

[@leilahassani2988]

@@irlneilcircirega9344 No because at the time there was no underwater expedition like the ones we can do now, their bodies are probably gone by now (plus the tide would've pushed them away from the shore), so even if bones are found somewhere there would be no way to tie them to the lost colony I could be wrong but that's what I think

[@HectorHernandez-lu1do]

@@leilahassani2988 that actually sounds legit

[@mexa_t6534]

That makes a lot of sense, tbh. They probably had to flee either due to starvation or an attack by the local tribe and died at sea. It also sounds plausible that some of them got killed and the rest assimilated into the tribe, that seems to have the biggest amount of evidence.

[@rachel-3037]

The most solid theory I’ve heard

[@johnstorch1130]

I’m actually from North Carolina, and I have known about the Lost Colony for most of my life. Thank you for adding more details to it

[@SailorLaurell]

Wasn't this recently solved?! I thought there was a more wholesome theory that proved to be the most likely. They moved like 50 miles lol

[@breenanaberry3509]

This video was released 3 years ago if you didn't know.

[@SailorLaurell]

@@breenanaberry3509 yes I did know this been an avid watcher of bun for awhile. I just know they have updated a previous case before thought I could put the word out. Have a great day!

[@laurenroberts1120]

This is exactly what I commented on. I saw the documentary where they had found rocks with carvings on them left behind by supposedly one of the traveling crew of Roanoke as they were relocating. They also found part of a map that shows their boat crossing a body of water to where they relocated and now of course I can't remember exactly where they said it was or all the details LOL but I'm sure it could be googled

[@legionofgod6691]

@@SailorLaurell love to where

[@gabrielpascual6832]

It’s probably pre colonial Thanos snapping away the whole colony....

[@paigevictoria]

Gabriel Pascual I was looking for my marvel fans in the comments😂😂

[@bughawalon504]

oh , I was about to type that comment and I was like oh sht theres one nice

[@ihatemylife1056]

I- JSJSJEJEJ

[@wolflover1082]

Yes I agree with that.

[@bongoloboy3800]

I highly agree

[@tahahuggins4436]

So we’re just going to pretend that we don’t see the Manikin behind shane at 17:22

[@lindsay644]

It friggin moved!!! Scared the hell out a me because right as I was reading your comment, I looked up and BAM there it was moving!!

[@jonathonbaldwin6515]

Dude i said the same thing

[@rose8010]

is it supposed to do that? 😰

[@jonathonbaldwin6515]

@rose I've watched tons of these vids and it never has

[@lydia2424]

Uhhh nope

[@MichaelJamesActually]

My question, how do we know this guy sailed back to the right island? He could have sailed to any other island along the coast of US. He could have lied about the "Croatoan" thing to kind of cover his tracks about getting lost... tried twice and then gave up on trying to get to the other island. I mean, wouldn't you maybe try again after a while?

[@stephenenders2066]

I find Myself rewatching these buzz feeds with Shane and Ryan just to have something interesting and pleasant on in the background. Helps me feel connected during these weird times And I think the unsolved mystery behind the chaos in society is aliens since ancient times So I tend to relate more to Ryan. But Shane cracks me up 💁‍♀️✨

[@avianaprayogo269]

“It ToOk 3 FuCkiNg YeArS ?!” - Shane

[@beefboss7890]

Laughing

[@andrelikeslemon5400]

One hundred and seventy likes for repeating what someone said. *pathetic*

[@avianaprayogo269]

@@andrelikeslemon5400 didn't know someone comment like mine lmao

[@oudq]

AndreLikesLemon R/woosh

[@ButteredCalamari]

why tf did they have to make the mannequin's head move

[@goddardmosh]

Cause it freaked people out.

[@SailorChronos]

Bitch I died!!!!!! Dead!!!! I cannot!!!

[@Elena-dy1mg]

When does it move? I didn't notice it

[@haruchu4553]

엘레나 17:23

[@minamonkey1213]

Bitch I WAS SO FUCKING SCARED

[@kylegates6043]

Was just on Roanoke three days ago. Did some exploring on the north side. Not really a believer in the supernatural. However, there was a really off vibe about that place. Hard to explain.

[@alifakbar4232]

This is a certified 'Natural Nuclear Reactor' moment

[@genericname34]

87 men 17 women Can’t imagine that went smoothly

[@chad5115]

Sorry if I'm slow, but what are you implying?

[@genericname34]

Joe that there were 5 men for every 1 woman, and leaving 70 men alone without women to fill...needs, likely caused some problems

[@chad5115]

@@genericname34 you're implying that they raped them??

[@aestheticgcddess3054]

Yeah it’s possible that it didn’t go great

[@catherinedoan5243]

Wait what if some of the men or women were gay 👀

[@therainbowwillow4453]

Native American children near Roanoke: *light skin, blue eyes, clearly half European* John White: OmG wHeRe cOuld ThEy haVe GONE???

[@kassiecook3884]

Oh well. You dont try to take over a person land and not think somethings going to happen. That's what them white people get

[@xors5372]

@@kassiecook3884 what drugs are you on right now? The native Croatoans and people of Roanoke were friendly with each other, they definitely mingled and started families with each other

[@xors5372]

@Marissa Lopes if native american children near roanoke have lighter skin and blue eyes, that means they are part european, which means they mingled with the natives

[@breonawarren1507]

A theory that was told to our history class, The Native & The Europeans helped each other, something popped off & some were forced into the wilderness to die & some stayed with the Natives

[@isthisthekrustycrabs5166]

Actually, albinism was more uncommon among native americans than the british colonists which maybe why the natives were white, but then again, a theory.

[@Atlas226]

7:42 'It's an island, it's not like it's big' Australia: allow me to introduce myself

[@aliciacamille636]

Actually the cannibal guy was found to not have any drugs in his system at autopsy. The coroner suspected someone either gave him something to eat or drink that had no lingering evidence in any body samples. Meaning he was not on drugs when he ate the man's face off. My question always was in the video the victim was just laying there not putting up any sort of fight. No drugs were in his system either.

[@caidencorso3294]

“According to Andre Freeman of the Zombie Research Society,” Ah yes, the zombie research society. The most reliable source out there

[@thandaysmondays8708]

Yep!! 100%% 💯 They are as reliable as the FLAT EARTH SOCIETY. ❌ 🌏 Can I get an Amen to FACTS‼️‼️ 👌😔🔥 #flatearth4life 🔉🔊 #ScienceisWRONG ✨👀

[@jms2071]

thandays mondays Poggers my good sir.

[@sjie1874]

@@liaa2litt it’s clearly satire

[@shiron1076]

@@sjie1874 nah man he's on to something lmao

[@thandaysmondays8708]

Oh geez I didn’t realize my comment got some attention. But just to clarify: I am NOT a flat earther by any means lol. My comment was satire

[@ripurutheman4082]

They disappear and write "croatoan" on a fence. John white can't get to croatoan island. Where did they go?

[@fleaboy5555]

They joined the Croatoan tribe!

[@myettechase]

Oh, I know this one! Hatteras Island, then known as Croatoan Island, is now a permanent part of the Outer Banks peninsula due to natural geographical shifts. However, at the time, it was a tidal island. The colonists could have walked there at a certain time of year, but the adjoining land would be underwater at other times. The ocean nearby is infamously treacherous, making the journey over sea very difficult. If John White had simply waited (or had knowledge of the tides, which the local tribes did), he would have been able to reach the island on foot.

[@bri4931]

@@myettechase Thank you! I dont know if you found this on Google or actually just know your stuff but that was very informative.

[@myettechase]

Bri J Oh definitely nerdier than that, I’m running a homebrew RPG campaign set in Rodanthe, North Carolina (a few miles south of Roanoke) and went absolutely ham on my research for absolutely no reason. Did you know that Aaron Burr’s daughter Theodosia (yes, the one from the song in Hamilton) went missing at sea just off the coast nearby, and that it’s also the final resting place of Edward Teach aka Blackbeard?

[@bri4931]

@@myettechase 😯 You, my friend, are cool. Wow. No, I didn't know that

[@Rebecca-asdf]

17:57 the reason they wouldn't have left a map or a note is because those would have been destroyed by the elements whereas hopefully, nothing would happen to the tree or fence they carved into. if they just tacked up a piece of paper who knows what would've happened to that, wind could have blown it, rain could have made the ink run, an animal could have eaten it, etc.

[@pilaradinata]

a real life “daddy’s going to the grocery store to get some milk and never went back”

[@ivebeeenthinkntomuchl8627]

okay but we’ve proved that they did just go to a village called croatoan. they just didn’t actually go there for a long time. there were natives there with blue eyes and who said their ancestors “spoke as if from a book” like it legit just was them

[@martyfredericks6440]

Exactly and the people of the time refused to believe that. White people coexisting with the native population was unheard of. Just shows how close minded and backward thinking they were back then.

[@butterflyxx9883]

Right I’m not understanding the mystery here..

[@liamryan7239]

We don’t “know” anything

[@rebeccatabbycat1813]

Colonizers did a hell of a lot of raping at the time- the mixing could be from that or people other than the Roanoke. Truth is we’ll never know what happened 🤷‍♂️

[@MegaMegajennifer]

@@liamryan7239 i know nothing!

[@amalkoury9149]

ryan: gets grabbed and dragged by a demon to the underworld shane: wow the wind sure is strong today

[@bruhman4268]

kendall farah 😂😂😂 IM SCREAMING! Get it, cause Shane doesn’t believe in ghosts?? HAHAHAHA SO FUNNY LMAO

[@qtjones3809]

kendall farah whats ur snapchat

[@gavinreddig3969]

You win

[@amalkoury9149]

Moe Lester its: angelasupreme

[@maddie-fz7tk]

you're late

[@ace_of_cups4096]

Roanoke is, always has been, and probably always will be my favorite historical mystery

[@microtestgaming]

WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THE MOVING MANNEQUIN!?!?!?

[@remremgaming2561]

microtest we did 1 hour ago

[@faithanderson5713]

Literally same just posted a comment oml

[@girlstarawesome]

What moving mannequin

[@elvidopena6738]

check 17:20 rip i had a heart attack

[@ruthmora9940]

My heart literally stopped!!

[@haymarune3659]

J-J-JACK THE STRIPPERS HEAD MOVED, *the mannequins head*, AT 17:20-17:30. Ohmigawd, Shane might finally believe in paranormal activities...

[@henyo5409]

Crème Vernon it was probably someone else moving it though

[@monkeys1597]

"jack the stripper"

[@jose-ji6yj]

Crème Vernon Remember the "exorcism" episode a few days ago? That might have been it

[@haymarune3659]

oof, you never know thoo

[@Rngd805.]

Crème Vernon Shane: It was just the wind.

[@harryknackers7892]

"IF THIS FORT WAS INDEED INTENDED TO BE HIDDEN, THEN WHY THE SECRECY?" Uh, because it was intended to be hidden.

[@TimeForDunston]

This one has always intrigued me, there's just something about this story that is fascinatingly scary and mysterious.

[@aubriewilliams880]

Does anyone think that he literally just sailed to the wrong place.

[@synalepha1569]

Since he was a cartographer, I think he probably would have known his geography well enough to at least get to the right places.

[@TabbyR22]

He went to the fort the colony built. He tried to go to the other island that they carved on the wall. They had been to before more than once in the last 3 years. The weather was too bad. Some crew died trying to get to shore and the rest refused to help him anymore.

[@gemayescasaleman8350]

The man drew a perfect map out of memory I think he can get to an island

[@kaleaevans5067]

It doesn't explain the tree. Why would there be a tree in some random place that says croatoan?

[@Patrick-vz6im]

Nah brah its aliens

[@MrSiddharthaSaha]

17:23 The mannequin's face in the back started moving

[@nilanjanabasu2552]

PandaTV Plus omg yes .. That's Creepy

[@teentalex]

They are just fucking with people.

[@pov_173cm]

shut the hELL UP IM SCARED

[@funnymemeskos5379]

Omg i saw it too

[@silempolat596]

I almost pissed myself

[@steven5526]

did anyone else notice the head of the figure behind them move at 17:24

[@willmyers8619]

You guys are hilarious, great rapport. I've heard dozens of versions of the lost colony but alien abduction and zombie plague were new ones. Well done.

[@jarl5817]

Theory 6: White returns, finds dead bodies all over, doesn't want any future colonists to America to be put off from settling so he covers it all up. Wouldn't have been that hard.

[@booktales1687]

jarl5 ooh interesting theory

[@rozaperwol7585]

115 bodies is hard to hide

[@MoneyMager]

Roz99 18 there was literally a giant ocean right next door

[@user-oc4qe5xw5e]

Roz99 18 not really at that time period

[@MoneyMager]

Roz99 18 he could have sailed back and dropped the bodies off at different points on the way back

[@alisonkoebrick]

“NO! We’re waiting for our friend, he’s goin’ bring us blankets!!” That was the best part of the video😂

[@marynmontgomery972]

Alison Koebrick AGREED I WAS CRYING

[@2bach.]

Smallpox blankets

[@nikkijusuf2848]

Alison Koebrick I agree 😂

[@Wenttsilly]

Haha yeah i agree

[@Blue_Midnight03]

I can’t believe they Mike Wazowski’d Ryan at the end 😭😭😭

[@una9906]

we’re learning about this in class at the moment so basically i’m studying

[@hellogoodbye1566]

"I say so, I'm a white man" : a summary of world history

[@TObyvruh]

@@OpiumBride noo noo its not

[@petebondurant58]

Genghis Khan was white?

[@honeyfrost3355]

@@TObyvruh It's true regarding American history

[@maxh9579]

Not really

[@honeyfrost3355]

@@maxh9579 I'll bite, how is it not true regarding American history?

[@sonofsoils7234]

17:24 to 17:28 did anyone saw the head moving in the background!

[@vanessataylor3111]

Sonofsoils omg now I’m freaked out

[@Yahir-rt4gu]

its a person with a mask look at his neck orrr a robot lol

[@vanessataylor3111]

Ohh omg

[@dylantylicki9650]

They controlled that

[@user-hu5vb9fs5x]

wtf 😂

[@Nosiite]

imagine descendants of the roanoke colony watching this laughing

[@AspireGMD]

Personally I believe they died at sea sailing to the croatoan island, this is further expressed through the fact that john white went to go sail to the island 2 times yet both times a storm foiled his plan, I think they were sailing there after putting the clue on the tree but a storm took their boat out.

[@doyoulikemessi3129]

U think these people just went: okay..We're starving, Instead of waiting let's go and move to find food. And then with this they unknowingly started a mystery that would last centuries

[@jocelynmarie3930]

but actually that is probably exactly what happened, that or they were killed

[@good2ceeu]

yeah this is more likely than a zombie plague

[@JC05186]

They're probably like we didnt go missing and then just decided not to tell anyone😂

[@SillyBunny05]

I love your username! Its a kim bok-joo reference right?

[@doyoulikemessi3129]

@@SillyBunny05 YES!

[@Theturtleowl]

I am going with Shane's story that everyone hated John White and made him leave so they could live without him.

[@helennivelo6451]

But John's daughter was there

[@apidgin30]

@@helennivelo6451 ok but, kids can hate their dads

[@dominickjustave3558]

He gave up fast looking for them

[@Lowtiervergil347]

why would they give him a clue as to where they were going if they hated him?

[@gabrielrayaquino2895]

@@Lowtiervergil347 to throw him off

[@user-jv5gk9bi8k]

we did this in social studies class once, and it has intrigued me ever since! especially the "croatoan" thing...

[@lilreith2603]

Dean Koontz's book "Phantoms" heralds an interesting theory for mass disappearances such as what happened at Roanoke. It's a fiction/horror book, but it's especially scary and interesting because it makes SENSE.

[@karliegarcia9434]

PLOT TWIST: Native Americans today know what happened but no ones asked them so they're not telling anyone😂

[@Akat1997]

Karlie Garcia as a native american woman, we know things 👀

[@karliegarcia9434]

@@Akat1997 lol I wish I knew more about my roots with the Cherokee Indians

[@EchsYT]

Karlie Garcia well shit must be natives by blood cause I don't know shit

[@VernellSGranddaughter]

Right 😂 that's what I was thinking

[@craigtucker9715]

They just want someone to ask,I think I know a native American person

[@123TheKaitlyn]

THE MANNEQUIN FUCKING MOVED. THIS ENTIRE SERIES IVE BEEN WAITING FOR IT TO MOVE. @17:20

[@Snowflake-hk8lw]

i didnt even realise that there was a mannequin

[@lisasutt221]

It scared the shit out of me....

[@brookeklose3220]

Dude it wasn't even a slight movement.

[@ibelieveinwoozisupremacy8681]

DAAAAAAN YOU'RE RIGHT

[@yetidex4829]

Exactly

[@padmaja101]

I was rewatching Supernatural 2x9, the Croatian episode and remembered BuzzFeed covering that, so I came back to rewatch this.

[@mapleimps]

This has to be one of my favorite vids

[@holly8428]

I feel like its pretty obvious where they went. Thats like me leaving a note on the fridge saying “shops” and my parents being like “oh my god where has she gone? I think she was kidnapped! How will we ever find out where she is!”

[@Chipiliro613]

It's more like if you just wrote "shops"

[@dedsec9734]

@@Chipiliro613 white girl language lol

[@holly8428]

@@dedsec9734 uhh I’m not white?

[@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075]

not only that, its like if you wrote "Wal-mart" and they were still puzzled lol. especially if there's only one Wal-mart in existence, which was the case for Croatoan, it was the only one lol

[@thaishome]

Well it’s rather the fact it didn’t say “going croatoan” and just “croatoan” and so it’s more of what did happened. Realistically there’s only two good reasons and it’s where they attacked or did they move. Also not to mention lots of groups would leave there marks to claim their land even though the natives believed it would be nobody’s land they could have been saying leave this Alone.