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This 425-year-old map may have just solved the ancient mystery of the vanished Roanoke colonists
Not The Bee ^ | January 31, 2025 | Staff

Posted on 01/31/2025 12:06:36 PM PST by Red Badger

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1 posted on 01/31/2025 12:06:36 PM PST by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv

PinGGG!....................


2 posted on 01/31/2025 12:06:53 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: SunkenCiv

If modern day Hatteras was in fact Croatoan, then they most likely perished in a Cat 4 or 5 hurricane that effectively erased them and their settlement for existence............


3 posted on 01/31/2025 12:11:52 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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4 posted on 01/31/2025 12:13:27 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Red Badger

“Site X”

Has anybody alerted Elon?


5 posted on 01/31/2025 12:13:36 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (They were the FA-est of times, they were the FO-est of times.)
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To: Red Badger

Life isn’t always fair.


6 posted on 01/31/2025 12:14:57 PM PST by Jonty30 (If you ate your twin in the womb, your pronouns should be we/us.)
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To: Jonty30

Not always? My brother, life is never fair.


7 posted on 01/31/2025 12:16:55 PM PST by Strict9
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To: Red Badger

Is there anybody from the past who can testify of this new settlement?


8 posted on 01/31/2025 12:18:03 PM PST by Jonty30 (If you ate your twin in the womb, your pronouns should be we/us.)
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To: Red Badger

Where on the map is “Site X”?


9 posted on 01/31/2025 12:22:40 PM PST by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
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To: Red Badger

I live very near the site - locals have long believed there is very little mystery. The colonists eventually intermarried with the local Indian tribes, most likely the Lumbee who do have blond hair, blue eyed descendants. They had to do what they had to do to survive.

Interestingly, Trump signed an EO that should lead to the Lumbee being formally recognized as a tribe


10 posted on 01/31/2025 12:23:55 PM PST by SoftballMominVA (No longer in VA. Living the OBX life now!)
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My experiences at Manteo convinced me that the colonists were all eaten by mosquitoes.


11 posted on 01/31/2025 12:26:19 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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That very well could be.

Assume they went to Hatteras Island, then get hit by a hurricane, many perished and a remnant were rescued by the Lumbee and moved away.................


12 posted on 01/31/2025 12:26:28 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Early covid got them!


13 posted on 01/31/2025 12:31:10 PM PST by dynachrome (Auslander Raus!)
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They had to do what they had to do to survive.

From your description of the Lumbee, it sounds like they did a bit of doing all righty.

14 posted on 01/31/2025 12:33:43 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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No graves or signs of violence like burned buildings were found...............


15 posted on 01/31/2025 12:34:23 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

I’ve wondered why old maps have outsized whales and fishes in the waters. Was that just art, or did it indicate something?


16 posted on 01/31/2025 12:42:47 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Red Badger

The site has been known for a good period. See FReepmail for more.


17 posted on 01/31/2025 12:43:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: Red Badger

Bookmark


18 posted on 01/31/2025 12:43:40 PM PST by Southside_Chicago_Republican (God save the United States!)
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To: Red Badger

Was subject of shows such as this:
History’s Greatest Mysteries
Season 4, Episode 4
The Lost Colony of Roanoke. Feb 20, 2023.

One page History site “This Day in History” item:

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/roanoke-colony-deserted.


19 posted on 01/31/2025 12:46:13 PM PST by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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Ridiculous there was no such things as hurricanes back then😎😂🦆


20 posted on 01/31/2025 12:54:17 PM PST by blitz128
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