The Lost Colony of Roanoke

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[Chapters]
00:00 Intro
01:05 Chapter I: The Failed Colony
07:17 Chapter II: The Lost Colony
12:04 Chapter III: Return to Roanoke
16:12 Chapter IV: Centuries of Breadcrumbs
22:44 Chapter V: Site X
27:20 Outro

[@LEMMiNO]

[Credits, References, and More] www.lemmi.no/p/the-lost-colony-of-roanoke

[@JB-lc7fu]

Big fan of your channel!!!

[@ban5955]

Love the vids

[@rimmertf]

I love your video's !

[@Laika4895]

Sorry if im being a bit intrusive for asking, but what's with the recent comments on a lot of your vids? Im curious

[@ban5955]

@@Laika4895 They're quality, fun, and informative vids

[@MollyTheLag]

"why was everyone named john" these are the real questions

[@sou_o_rauan]

this made me confused throughout the entire video since I coundn't understand who was who. lmao

[@stevencooper4422]

We all know why everyone was named ((John))......don't we??

[@sunnysweet4183]

Because it’s a biblical name?

[@pyrofestimo]

@@sunnysweet4183 it's a british thing

[@sunnysweet4183]

opfs which... was a Christian place

[@paulswartz6117]

“Why was everyone named John?” He doesn’t make jokes often in these videos, but he hits every single one.

[@Jake_Stafford]

It’s a very famous religious name :)

[@harrisonthecarguy3734]

There really were a lot of johns

[@TheZackofSpades]

“So like me but without a soul” absolutely devastated me in another video🤣

[@ish030]

when you want to call your husband but every one in the street looks at you ( also yes replied to a comment 4 months ago)

[@rockycuro7737]

That's what I miss most from the old top ten videos, his humour.

[@BruneSixtine]

500 km North "Why was everyone named Jean" ? 500 km South "Why was everyone named Juan" ?

[@thetrickster9885]

There's a pattern chief

[@WobblesandBean]

5000 km east "Why is everyone named Juon?"

[@thetrickster9885]

5000 km south east Why is everyone names Rahul?

[@ErinJeanette]

Why is everyone named Mohammad?

[@jpaulc441]

Why do so many people have the last name "Khan"? That Genghis fellow must have been full of love - having so many kids!

[@nathanmay4874]

Bro imagine leaving your family somewhere across the ocean, come back, and they left. Then you figured out they left to a island nearby, but because of the anchor snapping you can't go there, and never will ever again. Bro I honestly feel horrible for John.

[@abandonedaccount123]

which john lol

[@swagathan5]

@@abandonedaccount123 beat me to it

[@Deboniako]

@@abandonedaccount123 john mama

[@commanderjason7786]

Me reading that they feel bad for John, knowing damn well half of that colony shared that name: *"Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?"*

[@urbainleverrier1]

@@commanderjason7786 to be fair which John left his family members on Roanoke? only one, and that's uhhh ahh ummm uhhb whatever I forgor the surname but it's definitely John

[@blitzkrieg2928]

They trusted Simao Fernandes more then White because he wasn't named John

[@Surya-sd9ty]

Can you explain this reference?

[@aeriushox4675]

@@Surya-sd9ty There are 3 Johns in this video.

[@sweggs3599]

@@aeriushox4675 the guy who showed me this channel is also named john. Hence in my experience there are 4 johns involved in this video

[@ashleyshim2078]

Facts lol

[@nowhereman6019]

There's a conspiracy among the John's of the world to ruin everything.

[@slimymander1983]

"Why was everyone named John?" _No, no. He's got a point_

[@DngruPopl]

Probably biblical reasons

[@JustJohn505]

.

[@barnacles1352]

@@DngruPopl no it is the most common name

[@RJ-xl2cd]

@CarbonCopy _yeah but why would we be talking about now?_

[@gavintantleff]

People were really unoriginal back then.

[@The_Horizon]

I remember we had to learn this in school but it was hair-pulling boring. Now I am stuck to my screen watching this. Good work!

[@DarkTakanuva]

you foole you're a year and a half late

[@dnalord77]

Better late than never.

[@mrscechy8625]

My question is if we had all this information why weren't we taught any of it? All we were taught in school was "there was a colony on Roanoke here, and John White left for 3 years, came back, it's gone and Croatoan is on a tree" We got no context to the Croatoan islands, and when I was in school, all the information discussed in the video was available, so why didnt we learn it and were just told it's a mystery?

[@DarkTakanuva]

@@mrscechy8625 because textbooks be old lol

[@erronblack308]

Maybe your school just sucked or you didn’t pay attention in class. Idk.

[@H28545]

16:25 looks like the second guy on the left is casually throwing a peace sign lmaooo

[@slimothyjames4577]

I had to do a double take on that. So glad I'm not the only one who noticed lmfaooo

[@jervyan]

Dammit you're right hahahahalmfao

[@pog4129]

LMAOO 😭😭

[@pepe6666]

"peace, bitches!"

[@johnbroskey2547]

Imagine being the three people left behind on the island

[@vernzmarcobenitez2332]

@Thomas Cochrane lmao seems like the person who wrote the comment is also named john

[@lorenzomanny1370]

Its seems abandon to me. It happened.

[@charleshan0207]

john broskey “why do I hear boss music?”

[@iC0NN0R]

I hope one was a woman

[@MrSergio10098]

Trev so iconnor can clap cheeks before he dies

[@Fischermans_Foe]

*WELL, WHY WAS EVERYONE NAMED JOHN!?*

[@John-vn6hk]

I don't know..

[@Fischermans_Foe]

John o no..

[@SjefsUgla]

One of the most common first names in that period of time.

[@rafaelalodio5116]

Back them everyone was John

[@somedood9989]

All asians look the same, and all english speaking white people are called John.

[@Plumpyfoo]

This is a legendary island with a dark past and now there is a fucking CVS on the island.

[@sherlockmaverick]

CVS?

[@Plumpyfoo]

@@sherlockmaverick Pharmacy chain

[@jamesjensen3436]

lmao, real america hours

[@tacolepaco]

The tree is still there though, still has the words "Cro" so they tried their best, as best Americans can do.

[@scharf74]

Well someone has to administer the vaccine.

[@Gamepro5]

Imagine how it must have felt when they realized that everyone had abandoned them, those 3 people, all because they were tardy.

[@ttv_mrjack6749]

They'd have freaked, then quickly had an orgy and promptly died.

[@0SC2]

@@ttv_mrjack6749 Ah, the three Fs. They freaked, fucked, and fell.

[@gillianshields1400]

Worst time to oversleep an alarm

[@crae_zi4543]

that’s why school teaches to be on time i guess😅

[@Pooki2024]

@@crae_zi4543If you are on time you are late, it’s always best to be early

[@64gbhomeworkfolder93]

"why was everyone named John" _I don't need sleep_ *_I need answers_*

[@mr.rangergaming6540]

If I get 1000 subs I will find a cure for cancer because they were lazy like us....

[@katbak8742]

😂😂😂

[@mushroomtoilets6550]

biblical reasons most likely

[@cubz2885]

It was a common name back then

[@dreamxcviii3249]

Plot twist: It all was the same John

[@EliBartlett]

I bet this guy was absolutely fire at writing essays in highschool.

[@WilliamMohamad-uv5fi]

I mean he's swedish but I get ur point

[@AR-ml4du]

@@WilliamMohamad-uv5fi Swedes are required to take english classes in high school, so your comment is dumb.

[@mushyomens6885]

Most countries in the world have English as a compulsory subject in school, so yeah ...

[@ansar4454]

@@WilliamMohamad-uv5fi How do you think he learned English presuming his first language is Swedish

[@moi1310]

In Sweden it is common to learn a third language later in school (it is pretty much a requirement if you do not have special reason), usually between spanish, french and german

[@brendans.9515]

It was 2006. I was 11. I was in my History class reading through the textbook. My eyes read over a section about Roanoke and how all that was left was a note. I was so pissed there was no more information or some sort of resolution. It stuck with me forever, I remember my brain going through all these different ways they could have disappeared. I’m almost 26 now.

[@WobblesandBean]

Same for my textbook. And I vividly remember the only photo they had was a VERY badly airbrushed "crotoan" superimposed onto a black and white image of a regular, obviously non-inscripted tree.

[@addisonquinby295]

i hate unsolved mysteries. Just the thought of me not knowing it pains me. Roanoke was the worst of them all.

[@trikstari7687]

You would not believe how much of history you do not learn in schools.

[@badweetabix]

26 he says. I came across this bit of history in 1969 and had to wait 52 years to get the full details.

[@Meofcourse2319]

I recall being about 11 in 2016 and hearing about this as well, I thought it was so interesting hearing that no one knew what happened to them. I’m now 17. Or maybe it was earlier, I can’t remember.

[@nickcara97]

The poor man had to spend the rest of his days helplessly wondering what became of his own next of kin and the dozens of other people entrusted to his care, never to see his daughter nor newborn granddaughter ever again. May you have found your lost colony in the next world, John White.

[@max0540]

passed into obscurity yikes

[@BreakingWhite]

I don’t understand why didn’t he just sail back to England, repair the anchor (and maybe bring a couple spare, and then head to croatoan? Like you said, it’s his his daughter and granddaughter why would he never return?? There is something so off about that he must’ve been lying. They probably were all dead and he didn’t want to admit it

[@nienel]

​@@BreakingWhite i think because the video stated that they were at war and no ships not for war effort were to be used, maybe this was a one off

[@evilofparadise]

@@BreakingWhiteJohn White died in 1593, the anglo-Spanish war lasted from 1585-1604. the fact he managed to get a boat out to America is dangerous enough. Keep in mind, Rule Britannia wasn’t a thing back then, it was Rule Hispania. England couldn’t just waltz in and out of Europe as they pleases, especially when at war with the premier colonial-naval power that was Spain.

[@BreakingWhite]

@@evilofparadise my bad

[@SpartanHighKing14]

I'm sad because LEMMINO probably won't upload again for the next 4 months

[@informitas0117]

Must be even sadder to not be able to post this same exact comment for another 4 months.

[@TMWill-fi5fy]

I know, it sucks.

[@merdab8]

Yeah but just like a good tv series, the wait is worth it. He does his homework very well. Imagine if Bill Wurtz did "history of the entire world, i guess" 2 weeks after "history of Japan" . It would have been funny, but probably 30 seconds and with none of the painstakingly long details we love about it.

[@HauyneX]

Dont take the Pain in advance, Enjoy the content

[@simonflora509]

Hope you got your castle in four months

[@_reuben_.]

They really liked their ‘E’s didn’t they

[@weed75black35]

Yesseth

[@planescaped]

Queen Elizabeth I was the type of loony who'd love seeing the letter E everywhere... Not saying that's why.... just saying it's probably why. XD

[@voidofspaceandtime4684]

Yesse'th'enumm'ereth

[@elliotroden9926]

Old English was actually spelt phonetically and you can read people's accents in the way they spelt words

[@onlinefriend3889]

Ie wondere whye wee don'te doe ite todaye

[@irishempire9811]

This a greatest game of hide and seek ever, still going on 5 centuries later.

[@quantumblur_3145]

I think they lost

[@kadirr8974]

So what i learned: - every man was named John and had the last name either Smith or White - every John just "disappeared" or never popped into the story again - every sailor was just like "fk it just lets get the hell outta here and leave the people here" and returned always for some reason

[@f.b.i3538]

See u guys next year same time same place.

[@MJD3rp]

Sure thing :)

[@ovi5986]

see ya :)

[@m.g5384]

5

[@darielsolangon3540]

see ya whahhaah lol

[@zhangao4530]

Do you mean next decade lol

[@annastasia3040]

“Why was everyone named John” should have its own video lol

[@Soaring_lizzard]

It was either because of biblical references, for example like John the Baptist who baptized Jesus, people wanted to name their sons after kings who were named John, or both. The king one could apply to a lot more common names like William or George.

[@annastasia3040]

We got ourselves an answer to the question folks! Madeline, we now need you to make it into a 15 minutes or so video with a good thumbnail, Scandinavian accent, and stock footage. Then you have to send it to LEMMiNO and have him upload it.

[@Soaring_lizzard]

Vlacoosiano Damn looks like I got some work to do.

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@Soaring_lizzard lol, wouldn't have been named after King John: he was the most despised English king of all.

[@gamerthehoopa]

There are more pressing subjects that must be discussed

[@QaisSwaity]

I cannot believe we can watch this stuff for free, this has better production quality than half the documentaries out there today.

[@solidfuel0]

You pay with minutes of your life

[@Jenny-tm3cm]

I have a feeling 1. It won’t be free forever 2. Blah blah blah corporations stealing your information or whatever

[@sleazymeezy]

Oh boy how times have changed. No ad block on yt now, pay or gets bombed with ads.

[@micshaz]

Idk man my ad blockers still work, and skipping "paid promotions" is not possible on conventional TV. (Though i am getting tired of hearing about some of the most agregious offenders *cough* raidshadowlegends)

[@wyatt1339]

Imagine being the 3 people who got left behind on a completely foreign continent. I wish we got their names... that’s actually fascinating.

[@taylorroos4414]

At least two of them were probably named John

[@kohlcooke8789]

I wish they had written a diary or something, woulda been some damn fine historical reading material (even tho they probably just starved after a few weeks so it wouldn't be long)

[@jasonhaven7170]

Deserved. Colonisers shouldn't exist. @@kohlcooke8789

[@invalidskrrt3948]

They clearly forgot to place their beds and place torches.

[@hyperlexgd191]

you can’t sleep now, there are monsters nearby

[@ulisesr614]

_You can't sleep now, there are Indians nearby_

[@Bailey-im8ii]

No

[@bespit6654]

Funny dank memes reddit Keanu wholesome breathtaking Minecraft 100 Moment

[@stndunnam]

@@ulisesr614 *savages

[@_djob1303]

The real question. Why. Was. Everyone. named John

[@tlep2979]

You're telling me you aren't named John?

[@iibigfoot1242]

exactly john!! - john

[@TheBest-cs7qg]

Well, ask john. He’ll direct you to John and you can see John after that. Follow John.

[@thesunflowchannel1995]

Shut up John

[@pokerface4]

Who's John ?

[@beeble2003]

15:40 "... they were prepared to remove from Roanoak 50 miles into the maine." You interpret this as meaning "... into the mainland" but one meaning of the word "main" is the open sea (often, in poetry, "the watery main"). That meaning is entirely consistent with moving 50 miles to Croatoan.

[@DanielBooneSpoon]

I grew up near Roanoke Island, my family and I used to go on vacation there and the rest of the outer Banks of course! It's very beautiful! But every time I've been on Roanoke Island I've always gotten an eerie feeling! Especially where they found remnants of the colony! It's really cool if you're ever in North Carolina I recommend checking it out!

[@bad-bunnyblogger8171]

I had an ancestor disappear at Roanoke!

[@robertjustice130]

!

[@idhatemet00]

​@@bad-bunnyblogger8171 if your ancestor disappeared at Roanoke, how are you here? lol

[@AhavaMath]

@@idhatemet00 Very easy: they disappeared after having had children.

[@toastedt140]

​@@AhavaMathlol I jusg imagine some guy getting forced to go to a family vacation to roanoke and abandoning his family.

[@CommanderTK9091]

So you’re telling me.. this story could’ve been made a whole hell of a lot clearer (or at least prevented so many possibilities) if the anchor didn’t malfunction on the ship.

[@Rert]

On the other hand if they had tried to go back to Croatoan with the broken anchor the ship might have been destroyed in a storm and we'd have even more missing from the puzzle.

[@norbertosahaguniii6313]

damn that anchor

[@TheLeapist]

But if the anchor didn't break and they had gone and cleared everything up there and then, then most likely this story would have faded into obscurity only to be known by the utmost enthusiasts along with the thousands of other tales of that time that you don't know anything about. The mystery of it is exactly what makes this story interesting and so I'm glad the anchor broke.

[@Raison_d-etre]

@@TheLeapist Remind me never to leave you alone with an anchor.

[@Raison_d-etre]

No, any number of different decisions would've changed this story. Big accidents don't result from one error, but an error chain.

[@GoodGuyAlexx]

Lemmino should have his own Netflix show

[@mmdx0001]

Alex Kalaitzis yeah and it should be called something like: Solved Mysteries OR Mysteries never solved

[@anonony9081]

Hell no Netflix ruins everything

[@jamessawyer9816]

More like nebula

[@joshjones]

Alex Kalaitzis trust me, you get funding for anything, you’ll be indebted to them, and that doesn’t even mean making the money back, it means giving some amounts of creative control.

[@nu4473]

Why? He already has it on youtube?

[@tacitus6384]

That story about the colonists/natives initially being friendly with each other and trading, only for starvation and paranoia leading to utter disaster, is awful.

[@jacksticka842]

That was very common back in the early colonial days

[@slvaltva1392]

@@jacksticka842 hell it was common even in stone age

[@lukethelegend9705]

It could’ve all been avoided and if it had, the natives might have been treated better in the future. Genuinely sad.

[@graceful_mia]

I had to watch this in class for a project on the lost colony and what we thought happened to the colony. Our teacher gave us the link afterwards and I fell down a rabbit hole of these videos that I love. Thank you for making these.

[@BreakingWhite]

You’re teacher let you watch this? My teacher would never

[@my.name_00]

colonist1: "oh shit gotta re route to the mainlands." colonist2: "oh fk, already wrote croatoan on the tree." colonist1: "oh fk."

[@abdullahshaikh6225]

Lol fk

[@megetu2942]

That would explain the half written Cro

[@ventibarsitobas7578]

lol, this is THE comment

[@ibrahimimtiaz5025]

Hi There right!

[@slanty9503]

@@megetu2942 yeah like mid writing they were like 'oh shit'

[@TwilightLanayru]

I like the idea that the first tree only said “Cro” because they started writing it and ran out of room. “Oh dang, that tree by the fort was bigger, I should go over there” lol

[@sanschungus5496]

Yeah i think so too

[@RogueAstro85]

My guess is they started and some guy was like "you think he's gonna spot that one tree in the woods? Just carve it into the post at the entrance?"

[@canofbeanss]

@@RogueAstro85 yeah exactly they legit just went to a different island

[@WobblesandBean]

Honestly? I think that's legit the right answer. They just looked at it, went "oh" and gave up.

[@TwilightLanayru]

@@WobblesandBean I didn’t realize so many people would vibe with this XD

[@hungryhedgehog4201]

Nice to have a video about Roanoke that retells the entire history of the colony and doesnt overdramatise this. Also everytime I hear about the story it's always about how John White had no idea what could've happened and didn't know about Croatoan being a nearby tribe and just went "ghosts must've dun it". Also I like to imagine that someone started to chisel "Cro" into a tree and then either realising that the word was too long for the tree, or someone else was like "no don't write it there, write it on this post here" and they had to start all over.

[@aubrxe2845]

How could they possibly overlook John Whites name on the list of survivors if he was one of the main commanders? You'd think he'd be the first to come to mind.

[@jeffct87]

Too many Johns to remember all them.

[@rift8966]

Unless he was just a minor nobody, and artificially inflated his importance?

[@drunkdog4353]

John White: "I need to find my family and my colony!" Anchor: No.

[@romulusnuma116]

Anchor: Well shit

[@Etrehumain123]

Yeah seriously it's hard to believe

[@howthough6123]

Poor guy, I bet the place where his daughter was could be seen from a distance

[@ryani.8916]

All this happened because of that anchor smh

[@TalonNO]

;'( feels bad man

[@TathD]

I almost feel like I don't deserve this kind of quality content for free.

[@martintekula]

There are 3 commercials it's not for free

[@jennymisteqq695]

The Content Creator receives twice the ad revenue if you let the commercials run all the way through; don’t “skip”. At least let the two ads at the beginning, before the video starts, run through (just turn the sound down). Then skip the rest.

[@BassFyro]

He has Patreon for a reason, Jesus.

[@nearbird5399]

It makes ya feel like you should pay 9.99$ a month for lemmino Streaming service

[@047Kenny]

TathD don’t give KZbin any ideas.

[@castle9165]

The Sir Walter Raleigh thing was very interesting and way more complicated than it initially seems. First during Elizabeth’s reign: He fought in Ireland against the Desmond rebellion and he was rewarded a load of land. He couldn’t find many people to go there and he wasn’t good at managing. Then he went to Roanoke and did the colonies. They failed. Raleigh became popular with the queen, despite the failed colonisations. Although, the failed colonies were seen negatively, due to the loss of resources and the fact that they failed. He became an MP and chief of the yeomen of the guard too. Then it was discovered that Raleigh had been secretly married to one of Elizabeth’s ladies in waiting. This was a big no no, since the marriage was unauthorised, it was against the lady-in-waiting’s duty and it undermined Elizabeth’s influence. They were thrown in the Tower of London (a more extravagant, less diseased prison for nobility). He was however released in 1592 to attack the Spanish coast and got lucky, capturing a key trading ship and very large amounts of gold; however, some was lost. Then in 1594, after being released again, he went to find El Dorado, that’s right, golden city!.. He failed. He came back with little to show for the large investment and was looked down upon. He did right a book that claimed he discovered some cool stuff, but he probably just lied. He managed to sustain his position and regain favour of the Queen, by being part of the famous raid on Cadiz and defending against the third armada. During James I’s reign: However, Raleigh’s luck was running out. In 1603 the queen died and he was implicated in a plot to bring money into England to promote sedition that same year. He was charged and convicted with treason, sentenced for death, but wasn’t executed for it. Why? Because he’d never actually faced the person accusing him in court. The guy was probably exaggerating his involvement to try and get off the hook a bit (which he did). James I realised there was no real evidence, but he was still imprisoned in the tower for 13 years. Raleigh was then pardoned and given permission to go to South America. Why? You guessed it! To look for El Dorado… again…. During his stay there he attacked a Spanish outpost/ town and his son died. Big embarrassment because they didn’t even get much. The Spanish king demanded that the treason charge was renewed and for him to be executed. He was executed in 1618.

[@Ntnt11]

It was really an up and down story

[@dr.woozie7500]

He definitely seemed like a charismatic and interesting fellow. His life was full of adventure and betrayalz

[@kiernanoconnor2270]

Buddy, it’s time for a new episode, we need it.

[@honei.b33]

he posted something on patreon about it being a long one and being delayed due to an unexpected move - should be relatively soon tho

[@Snapeserverussnape]

I must say, they hid so promisingly from Spain that even their own country and the whole world can't find them.

[@aaronquick6154]

This deserves more likes lol

[@aqua2k210]

The legendary game of hide and seek

[@alessandromsk3195]

Lol this comment's so good😂

[@youwanagethi]

DJ Khaled: Suffering from success

[@Bananappleboy]

@@youwanagethi I am suffering from success.

[@bbd121]

This will remain... UNSOLVED. *Soft creepy music fadeout*

[@Rune_fantasy]

The spook bois are back

[@idkteaname109]

@@ItsJustIvan956 that's why I was thinking about aswell

[@JonYugen]

Dude, they're literally the backbone of Buzzfeed

[@Gods_Righteous_Man]

I agree with that conclusion. The colony were short on supplies and sought out more inhabitable land. I think the majority of the colony went to Site X, while a small band of men left the engraved Croatoan message. I believe they purposely ravaged the Roanoke colony and left a subtle message in an effort to not bring unwanted attention to the colonies survival from potential future Spanish scouts. The engraved message would be understood by John White and lead him to the ‘small band of men on Croatoan’. They alone held the new secret location of the colony, now known as Site X. If the Spanish scouts found these brave men first on this exposed outer island, then they would’ve died with the secret.

[@ollie360w]

I watch this at least once or twice a year it’s just so well produced

[@LaurenKills1918]

His channel is a lot like Roanoke

[@jacobward7361]

Haha yes but it doesn't get much better than this on KZbin

[@aydnlewis1977]

@@jacobward7361 yes such professional content.

[@critiasdetested4749]

bruh moment

[@bian7744]

@@critiasdetested4749 bruh momento

[@danielautunnale303]

Yep

[@JaJaBi]

This channel Proves to me that quality is way better than quantity.

[@filiph2958]

JarJar Binks ok boomer very original

[@ZETH_27]

Thats the Swedish way.

[@DarshanBhambhani]

JarJar Binks this guy upload once every 6 months I wouldn’t care a decrease in quality honestly

[@filiph2958]

grawnut ok wojak

[@proudtitanicdenier4300]

@@filiph2958 Where do you see a wojak

[@janimatics]

Imagine being of the three people that were left behind because you were not there on time and were never heard from again…. My jaw dropped when I heard that. That’s so sad and scary.

[@JulianneTheChemistryStudent]

Being born and raised on the Coast of NC, this tugged my heart strings and made me cry thinking of this happening on the same soil I grew up on and still live on. I hope whatever happened, it wasn't so unpleasant

[@JimFourOneTwoThree]

Imagine how much clearer this whole thing would’ve been if they wrote “We’re going to Croatoan lmao” on the tree instead

[@mooganify]

Not that easy

[@jttekton]

not that easy

[@zach6867]

not that easy

[@allhailthemightyicecreamco5448]

not easy that

[@sebastianescobar7182]

that not esay

[@Zao11010]

better then anything a TV history show could offer

[@KneeoGeeo]

Dont be silly.

[@michaelmyers6729]

@*Bruh Sound Effect* well it's "you're" not "your", sorry.

[@thugasaurusrex6004]

@*Bruh Sound Effect* what about his wrong?

[@thugasaurusrex6004]

Yea seriously. TV sucks so much now. Either that or my standards went way up as I grew up

[@skidaddleskidoodle1103]

"The world wars"

[@YuriDyatlovYD]

I don't normally rewatch videos (because I already remember what they said in the video) but Lemmino's videos, I have rewatched them multiple times! I can never get enough of it! Great video! c:

[@joelcoulon]

This channel is truly the definition of quality over quantity

[@James.Stark.Ben.Edition]

And Ahoy!! Honestly some of the best documentaries to go around!! Also some ARG channels like Night Mind and Reign Bot and Nexpo. They're pretty consistent with quality over quantity for the most part.

[@councilestateproduct]

This is top comment on another vid. *TUT TUT*

[@kage3587]

Emplemons "there will never be another ___" videos are also really good.

[@magicalluke3861]

Joel Coulon and WonderWhy

[@cosmologicalturtle9528]

Nah that’s kurzgezagt

[@joshuanorman2]

#40 ON TRENDING FOR GAMING doesn't seem like much of an achievement, but this isn't even a gaming video.

[@Aq5CiQRkiq]

That’s what makes it an achievement!!!

[@JohnNecirRebellion]

KZbin really tags any other videos like this if they want to have more trending spots in other tags (like late night tv shows). So you can only see other gaming videos from top creators. Sad truth.

[@mcinnes6175]

That was confusing me too

[@davidnavarro4821]

Boshua Borman Probably because of Roanoke Gaming channel

[@deveus1]

Excellent work, youtube algorithm. Nailed it.

[@historia6848]

Recently archeologists found evidence that the Roanoke colony assimilated with the nearby Native American tribes. There are even accounts of "grey-eyed Natives" in the area, so it's safe to say that they had some European genes.

[@slvaltva1392]

some native american groups had a culture of stealing people from other cultures during war and raising them as their own. Well and marrying captured women, could be something like that

[@jasonhaven7170]

Yeah, European genes from the mothers' sides.

[@adamlaski9128]

It will forever amaze me that it was a long, arduous, dangerous journey across the Atlantic not that long ago. Now as I type this there are tens if not hundreds of thousands of people traversing the entire globe by sea, land, and air. It’s wild!

[@craniumssuperburger7749]

"Why was everybody named John?" Finally, the questions we SHOULD be asking.

[@adamb1593]

Because the name Thomas had finally gone out of fashion.

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@RJ-xl2cd That doesn't make sense.

[@mooganify]

biblical references.

[@Flyhr]

@@mooganify but why were the people in the bible named John?!

[@godsauze]

thank you, Cranium Sex Burger

[@ellusiv5121]

I love how no matter how high quality Lemmino's content get, his humor isn't discarded.

[@ellusiv5121]

@Xen oh, missed that. Thanks. fixed.

[@simon8242]

@Xen nah, I'd watch this even if the humor wasn't there. it just makes the videos more lemmino and less "documentary", which as someone who has followed this channel for a while is amusing.

[@cherridwan]

“Why was everyone named Jo-“

[@deoryad1608]

*cough* Pocahontas *cough"

[@nudge7006]

Damn it _JOHN_

[@nayber2352]

this channel is so damn good, it always blows me away how many movie quality documentaries exist on youtube

[@willmyers8619]

After watching dozens of explanation videos on KZbin regarding the lost colony this is by far the best, including the backstory and all the pertinent information. Great job!

[@scpjinchuriki3295]

You think the Indians did an autopsy and were like, “DAMNIT! This is the fourth case of invisible bullets this month.”

[@nm-hi5dp]

Oof Oof funny

[@fahhhque2255]

Damn that was funny. 🤣

[@samsplinter68]

It’s not indians it’s native Americans

[@__-yz1ob]

@@samsplinter68 You must be fun at parties

[@freeksam4412]

@@samsplinter68 Actually, Native Americans prefer being called Indians. Seriously, most of them don't even care. It's not racist, really; although confused for the native people of India at first, the term 'Indians' is never used to describe actual Indians anymore, and is thus a label for only Native Americans. It's also easier to say than Native Americans, as it's easier to say 'white' than caucasian.

[@lucidtrip3439]

You need your own Netflix series

[@zcedan3757]

Damn right

[@thugasaurusrex6004]

@@zcedan3757 would love to see this on Netflix. So much garbage on Netflix right now

[@YepsMr]

justaguy whocomments oh yeah yeah

[@Cofeeman911]

@@thugasaurusrex6004 Problems in watching him on youtube? Why would you want him to be lined up among garbage?

[@sharas3180]

@@Cofeeman911 Because he would earn good money for his work

[@henrycgs]

10:04 I think it's quite interesting how the two largest regions of the current Roanoke island are named after these two men. Manteo, in particular, is the name of the largest city.

[@Folse]

Editing, music, and narration all on point. Well done, mate.

[@rako5865]

Watching LEMMiNO is not just entertainment or education, it's an experience.

[@user-pi3ck9hd2x]

wow that's so true

[@EricWhiteDev]

Entertainment and education are experiences.

[@planescaped]

He is very good at what he does.

[@Goatacular]

If everyone told history the way he did, a lot more people would take interest in it.

[@omn8390]

OP is just trying to sound woke

[@childeater7327]

Roanoke is just getting cigarettes it’ll be back

[@merrittanimation7721]

With some milk.

[@livingsalami6529]

just like my dad aha

[@DarshanBhambhani]

rubyisalive F

[@v_nsciure_de_bois6439]

@@livingsalami6529 f

[@charli9289]

ah yes, dad...

[@heatherswanson9133]

I never realized how in depth my own home state had when it came to colonization. I am definitely going to look around at this myself and learn a bit more about it

[@critical_shot9292]

The music and soundtrack you used for this video amplified the experience tenfold, great work.

[@radistyx]

the three people left behind on the island were probably named john

[@valen9835]

John, Johnnie, and Johnny.

[@Trojan-SZN]

John bean

[@rotomfan63]

John Lennon, John Cena and John Stamos

[@junjunval9097]

John Day, John Die, John Doe.

[@aubade_1]

I’m amazed that this video is categorized as “Entertainment” and not “Educational”. I feel like I learn so much from these.

[@pointxe7en]

Just learn things and stop making those people demons, you cant fool us Muzan

[@gilbertVAL_]

Tisumida i guess if it was education, youtube might take that as being aimed towards kids? With the new thingy about videos aimed towards kids, it’d be smarter to list the video as entertainment.

[@Wolta]

@@gilbertVAL_ Agreed. I think the youtube algorithm/policies have changed lately.... again.

[@KILLEMALLTWICE]

To be fair, he left out all the pedophilia stuff.

[@watchableraven3517]

Are you not entertained!?!

[@nesrinoz3926]

Your narrative voice is the best unintentional asmr I've ever heard.

[@ferociousgumby]

This guy is the perfect narrator. I could listen to him all night.

[@jaredgarbo3679]

One thing I would like to add. The "grey eyes" is actually how people used to refer to people with blue eyes up until fairly recently.

[@vitalik38815]

Why?

[@Jake-rm4be]

Jared Garbo thanks I was wondering how they had grey eyes

[@jackjft9654]

Jared Garbo whoever referred too blue eyed people as grey eyed, needs a slapping

[@aboutrainbow8614]

@@vitalik38815 I'm not entirely sure, but it could be because the people who originally described the eyes just...didn't have a word for that type of blue yet. It's surprisingly common- like how in the typical poem "roses are red, violets are blue" The color of violets wasn't specifically named at the time of writing, so they just went with blue.

[@ClaireAgincourt]

Same with orange.

[@prezroll]

On that list of survivors was a John Wright. Is it possible that whoever took down the names simply misheard?

[@magnusaugust8489]

Or a miscommunication somewhere in the story elsewhere

[@diabeticalien3584]

John was an incredibly popular British name at the time. As you can see by the video.

[@johnhardy3225]

Still popular now lol 😆

[@diabeticalien3584]

@@johnhardy3225 I didn't wanna make any assumptions 😂

[@Daniel-ly7vk]

I reckon the writer was called John and someone just told him to write and he got confused

[@smozef]

Music choice really gives me chills at the right times and a great vibe while watching, especially during the outros. Great work!

[@polkarfield]

“a man by the name of John White” Do you know how little that narrows it down?

[@nguyen3545]

Lemmino in 40 years: the lost colony of Mars One.

[@polandballspace]

Elon Musk would've censored the media to coverup their failed Mars colony

[@memories163]

@@polandballspace lol

[@DaRealXotic]

@@memories163 sad part is that would actually happen

[@polandballspace]

@man with square mustache that's assuming CNN and cable news is still relevant in 50 years

[@ifigetbannedagainyoutubeis2018]

@@polandballspace mainstream media is silenced even now. To know the real news look at the conspiracy theorists

[@liuner2479]

lol, this video is trending on *Gaming*

[@TheVirtualObserver]

zaksor parkour 😂🤣 I noticed that too!

[@DangItshere]

John_wh1t3_indianSl4yer69

[@FlyingChicken]

gamers made up 80% of the population back then

[@Rothinternaffe]

Epic gamer win!

[@arunpts]

John

[@daliazaben801]

I love thay you include captions in your videos…this sole reason, along with the high quality content made me subscribe..Again, really appreciate the inclusion of captions♥️♥️

[@Aaronn-je8cx]

as a North Carolina native, I’ve learned about this mystery so much throughout my schooling. It’s very interesting, and confusing. Thank you for this video.

[@jasonhaven7170]

Colonist, not native.

[@Aaronn-je8cx]

@@jasonhaven7170 Good thing I have Cherokee ancestry.

[@agent2608]

"guys i forgot the food and stuff sorry" "YOU WHAT?!"

[@safe-keeper1042]

Me every other *******-ing time I play a survival game. "Finally here, oh, I forgot this important thing and now I need to go all the way back".

[@pokerface4]

Reminds me of how my friend and I were playing Minecraft and we discovered an underwater temple a day earlier so he spent some time making underwater potions for us. We traveled to the location and right as we got there i go "shit i forgot the potions" and just travel all the way back to our house to collect.

[@kentoriacook1118]

Hi I'm from the future

[@Sethq1]

A true Christmas Present when Lemmino posts

[@hendog5396]

Seth honestly. Lemmino is a god tier KZbinr

[@muhammadbusthamifadillah2848]

EXACTLY

[@mushyomens6885]

For real

[@Jean_Pierre_Wehry]

Every time I show someone the video, they are hooked and go on a Lemmino binge. Amazing content, and this video is one of my favorites.

[@witchywoman2008]

I used to work in an archive and let me tell you, “why was everyone named John?” was a question I asked myself daily

[@TonecrafteLuthiery]

Lost colony: *Carves name of the Island they went to into a tree so they could be found.* Sailors who found it: "Guess it's a mystery 🤷‍♂️. Let's go home"

[@Mirach84]

They didn't think it was a mystery. As stated in the video, the ship had lost its anchor so the captain decided it was too dangerous to go the the other island and sailed back to England.

[@lunathedragon8376]

@@Mirach84 It's a joke dude.

[@htoodoh5770]

@@lunathedragon8376 Yes but factually wrong.

[@gamertime8445]

Htoo Doh your the fun guy at parties i can tell

[@manueljurado1747]

GamerTime Some people are just snowflakes these days, no fun

[@mpower4208]

“The English quickly developed friendly relations with the local Native Americans...” Me: “That seems so un-British to me.”🧐 4:47 “...made their way to the mainland village and massacred its people.” Me: “There we go.”😉

[@lewisgavin2917]

They had a strategy of befriending the older members of a tribe or group then would take over, it’s very british lol

[@Waxenwings7777]

@Great British Rightful according to whom? my good larper.

[@ManualReplica]

It was pretty standard procedure during the colonial era for all empires and kingdoms of the time. A lightly armed expeditionary fleet would be sent to survey an area and establish a colony, and if applicable, reach out to the local natives to understand intent (ie are they hostile or not) and potentially establish trade, as colonists would virtually always be low on supply and force. Over time as the colony would develop, natives would be established as more permanent allies if they were useful to the colony (manpower concerns, as allies against other hostile natives, etc), displaced from their territory (especially if gold and other rare resources were involved) or exterminated if relations were especially bad and colony supervisors deemed the natives to be an especially high threat to the colony. I'm sure you can imagine how silly it would be for the brits and spaniards and whatnot to have a default policy of extermination and immediate hostile stance towards natives considering the astronomical costs involved in even establishing a colony, the enormous risks and massive disadvantage the expeditionary fleet crews had embarking across a big fuck off ocean into an unknown land settled by native populations with hundreds of years of survival experience and knowledge of the surrounding land lol.

[@_Scarlet1]

Great British Britain is a dying land, America is better!

[@Acorai]

Bruh

[@mikehyziak2708]

I loved the amount of detail put into this video. Thank you!

[@jackhumphries4692]

The sporadic, almost blink and you miss it jokes you put in these videos are top notch dude, just enough of them just sparse enough that they are always out of nowhere and hit that much harder, love it

[@malvo1181]

Man, the ship's anchor pulled a sike..

[@jlipawen6453]

If it wasnt because of that he wouldve seen his daughter again

[@Ryan-iz4bc]

@@jlipawen6453 awww mama wa wa wa!!!!

[@Ryan-iz4bc]

Straight lie the anchor was fine he had a chill run threw his bones if they set off there they would never return it's on my great great great geanfathers letters James Pike

[@ENDERSMAN123422]

@@Ryan-iz4bc is this English

[@gunarsmiezis9321]

@@ENDERSMAN123422 No.

[@granttherailfan6344]

“Sir, the anchor cable broke, shall we still set sail for Croatoan?” “Heavens no, ‘it’s far to risky. Instead let us sail ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE FREAKING OCEAN.”

[@donHanzo]

If only they've risked an extra mile, it would clear things up a bit lmao

[@jck1794]

I just commented almost the exact same thing lmaoooo that part doesn't make sense

[@kennethsamson28]

They could have just at least went somewhere near the island hoping that the colonist spot them.

[@kallehalvarsson5808]

You don't need the anchor for sailing, you need it for anchoring. If you try to park your ship in a narrow strait while people go ashore, chances are the winds will pull the ship onto a reef and damage it. This is not as much of a problem when docking in a port, where you don't use the anchor.

[@piter6026]

what i find dumb is that they didnt go back. I mean they were your people (his fucking daughter and granddaughter) , how did they just go like "yeah whatever" and didnt go back to check if they still live.

[@Gandalf914]

When I was in graduate school, some of my fellow students would make videos of this quality as an alternative to final thesis papers. It was a really good option for students who have great difficulty writing standard 60-page research papers, and the point of the assignment is still achieved. It would be great if similar options could be applied to public schools here in the U.S. Kids might actually try.

[@jamest2401]

After watching the 'History' Special 'Roanoke: Search for the Lost Colony' (you have to pay for it now 😕), where they reanalyze the First Dare Stone, I became convinced of its validity. A modern expert in Elizabethan English, pointed out obscurities which could not have been known in the 1930’s. Anyway, if you haven’t seen it, I would definitely check it out, it’s well worth the $4. But my disagreement with you on that particular point notwithstanding, it was so incredibly refreshing to hear someone tell the tale of the Lost Colony, as not happening in a vacuum. The 1585 Ralph Lane Expedition, and especially how it ended, is so vital in putting the colonist’s disappearance into context. It shows us how that expedition had already left an extremely bad taste in the mouth of the Indians towards the English, long before the John White-Roanoke Expedition had ever left England. For my part, it definitively points to the slaughter of the colonists, as being the most logical and common sense explanation of the mystery. It also reinforces my view on the First Dare Stone’s veracity, as the picture it’s narrative paints falls in line with that conclusion.

[@spartan113ish]

Tell my why this Swedish man is better at pronouncing Spanish names than my own Mexican family.

[@jamescole893]

Because spanish is different from Spanish.

[@kvandermeersch5753]

What Spanish? Isn’t it just one Portuguese name?

[@aserta]

For shame, that'd be Portuguese.

[@abbiearcher4716]

Because European Spanish is different from Mexican Spanish

[@meloncholylife]

Abbie Archer it’s called Latin American spanish, not Mexican spanish. European spanish is called Castilian

[@johnv7976]

The moment when you realize your name is John too.

[@johnmurphy5689]

Luckily my fake internet name is John and not my actual name.

[@JohnBread69]

bruh

[@webcooltz]

"Whenever I come out... The people always shout...." 🎶

[@akombalasau4022]

You are the resistance

[@safe-keeper1042]

The plot thickens.

[@eagleeye5189]

"Hey so we murdered all the indigenous people nearby after they retreated to give us space, and ruined relations with them probably forever while we were building a military outpost. How about for our SECOND colony, we bring some women and children too!"

[@JesbaamSanchez]

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this type of mystery video and the music choices made just kept me wanting MORE😍

[@tinysophie9069]

ok but this is the biggest christmas gift ever

[@an_annoying_cat]

Seconded

[@chocolate-cf3yf]

Thirded

[@pugofcrowbar6242]

Fourthed

[@jdmnissan]

69th like 😘

[@jillomania]

@tiny sophie I know right xD

[@domefun3699]

A lesson to always bring a spare anchor with you.

[@rahulprakash683]

Lemmino : *am I a joke to u*

[@alfredkc]

@@gomahklawm4446 There was a backup. When the main one broke, they didn’t want to go without a spare.

[@shane_kai1983]

Can confirm. Bring two anchors.

[@magatmilan8925]

@@alfredkc Then why tf do they even have a spare if they're not going to use it???

[@alfredkc]

@@magatmilan8925 They did, obviously use it, when they arrived back at Britain. Do you have to be so rude? The spare anchor was there as a redundancy, and without the redundancy, they had to return to England, in case the spare anchor broke as well.

[@zoronic6248]

Dude, you make incredible videos. In my book, you're basically the story telling equivalent or Vsauce. Keep it up

[@izar1670]

Recently went to Roanoke Island and the Outer Banks. Absolutely beautiful. Great video!