But they also soon discovered the word “Croatoan” carved into a fort’s gatepost and the word “Cro” etched into a tree. The Croatoans were a purportedly friendly tribe that lived on what ...

Captain John Smith, the leader of the Jamestown colony, heard from the Indians that men wearing European clothes were living on the Carolina mainland west of Roanoke and Croatoan Islands.

The only clue left behind was a wooden post with a single word carved into it: ‘Croatoan.’ The whereabouts of the settlers are unsolved to this day.” Fuckin’ CREEPY, right? This unsettling chapter in ...