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Post by RiP, IMDb on Aug 21, 2020 1:13:52 GMT 1
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Post by Lord Death Man on Aug 21, 2020 1:43:48 GMT 1
Roanoke was never much of a mystery to me, and I always thought this incident's mythologization was an overreach. It always made sense to me that the colony integrated with the neighboring tribe(s). As a minority group, they'd have eventually been assimilated into the local culture, gradually leaving little or no evidence of their presence. Even in the very worst-case scenario, why would you believe they were sucked into some extradimensional portal? It would be far more likely that they were slaughtered down to the last man, woman, and child by natives who'd had enough of sharing resources with interlopers. The tribes heavily outnumbered the colony dwellers.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2020 2:10:58 GMT 1
Roanoke was never much of a mystery to me, and I always thought this incident's mythologization was an overreach. It always made sense to me that the colony integrated with the neighboring tribe(s). As a minority group, they'd have eventually been assimilated into the local culture, gradually leaving little or no evidence of their presence. Even in the very worst-case scenario, why would you believe they were sucked into some extradimensional portal? It would be far more likely that they were slaughtered down to the last man, woman, and child by natives who'd had enough of sharing resources with interlopers. The tribes heavily outnumbered the colony dwellers. Wait, this hadn't become knowledge? Everyone in my middle school knew this is what happened. Huh. I always assumed people had started to realize this.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Aug 21, 2020 2:12:31 GMT 1
Roanoke was never much of a mystery to me, and I always thought this incident's mythologization was an overreach. It always made sense to me that the colony integrated with the neighboring tribe(s). As a minority group, they'd have eventually been assimilated into the local culture, gradually leaving little or no evidence of their presence. Even in the very worst-case scenario, why would you believe they were sucked into some extra-dimensional portal? It would be far more likely that they were slaughtered down to the last man, woman, and child by natives who'd had enough of sharing resources with interlopers. The tribes heavily outnumbered the colony dwellers. Agreed. Did you know that my text in the OP is a link?
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Post by Lord Death Man on Aug 21, 2020 2:40:11 GMT 1
Roanoke was never much of a mystery to me, and I always thought this incident's mythologization was an overreach. It always made sense to me that the colony integrated with the neighboring tribe(s). As a minority group, they'd have eventually been assimilated into the local culture, gradually leaving little or no evidence of their presence. Even in the very worst-case scenario, why would you believe they were sucked into some extradimensional portal? It would be far more likely that they were slaughtered down to the last man, woman, and child by natives who'd had enough of sharing resources with interlopers. The tribes heavily outnumbered the colony dwellers. Wait, this hadn't become knowledge? Everyone in my middle school knew this is what happened. Huh. I always assumed people had started to realize this. Surprisingly, no. I believe that changed recently - as in about a year ago - with some DNA evidence. I could be wrong about that, but there was some definitive evidence that was recently discovered.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2020 2:43:27 GMT 1
Wait, this hadn't become knowledge? Everyone in my middle school knew this is what happened. Huh. I always assumed people had started to realize this. Surprisingly, no. I believe that changed recently - as in about a year ago - with some DNA evidence. I could be wrong about that, but there was some definitive evidence that was recently discovered. Interesting. Our teacher talked about other settlers in the area reporting seeing "white Indians" after the disappearance of Roanoke. Then again, most people somehow don't know what happened to Amelia Earhart.
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Post by equality72521 on Aug 21, 2020 3:56:38 GMT 1
Meh
It's what we all figured anyway, but it's nice to have proof.
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Post by Lord Death Man on Aug 21, 2020 4:03:03 GMT 1
Roanoke was never much of a mystery to me, and I always thought this incident's mythologization was an overreach. It always made sense to me that the colony integrated with the neighboring tribe(s). As a minority group, they'd have eventually been assimilated into the local culture, gradually leaving little or no evidence of their presence. Even in the very worst-case scenario, why would you believe they were sucked into some extra-dimensional portal? It would be far more likely that they were slaughtered down to the last man, woman, and child by natives who'd had enough of sharing resources with interlopers. The tribes heavily outnumbered the colony dwellers. Agreed. Did you know that my text in the OP is a link? I did not. I just read the article though... Interesting. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Aug 21, 2020 8:38:05 GMT 1
Agreed. Did you know that my text in the OP is a link? I did not. I just read the article though... Interesting. Thanks for sharing. You're welcome. But how could you have read the article if you didn't know my text in the first post is a link?
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Post by ArArArchStanton on Aug 21, 2020 9:49:35 GMT 1
Roanoke was never much of a mystery to me, and I always thought this incident's mythologization was an overreach. It always made sense to me that the colony integrated with the neighboring tribe(s). As a minority group, they'd have eventually been assimilated into the local culture, gradually leaving little or no evidence of their presence. Even in the very worst-case scenario, why would you believe they were sucked into some extradimensional portal? It would be far more likely that they were slaughtered down to the last man, woman, and child by natives who'd had enough of sharing resources with interlopers. The tribes heavily outnumbered the colony dwellers. Yeah I agree, I mean the only real options were they assimilated, or died in some manner. It’s always played as a super creepy mystery but realistically any likely answer wasnt apt to be particularly surprising. What did people think the answer was going to be?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 21, 2020 12:25:29 GMT 1
My life is now complete
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Post by Lord Death Man on Aug 21, 2020 15:38:24 GMT 1
Roanoke was never much of a mystery to me, and I always thought this incident's mythologization was an overreach. It always made sense to me that the colony integrated with the neighboring tribe(s). As a minority group, they'd have eventually been assimilated into the local culture, gradually leaving little or no evidence of their presence. Even in the very worst-case scenario, why would you believe they were sucked into some extradimensional portal? It would be far more likely that they were slaughtered down to the last man, woman, and child by natives who'd had enough of sharing resources with interlopers. The tribes heavily outnumbered the colony dwellers. Yeah I agree, I mean the only real options were they assimilated, or died in some manner. It’s always played as a super creepy mystery but realistically any likely answer wasnt apt to be particularly surprising. What did people think the answer was going to be? Now that more plausible theories have been validated, I'm sure some enterprising soul will revisit the comments section of the hundreds of 'Strange Vanishing of Roanoke Colony' videos on YouTube. Dude took three years to get back to the colony with the supplies they needed, and he was surprised they were all gone when he arrived. SMH...
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Post by Lord Death Man on Aug 21, 2020 15:45:34 GMT 1
I did not. I just read the article though... Interesting. Thanks for sharing. You're welcome. But how could you have read the article if you didn't know my text in the first post is a link? When you mentioned it was a link in your follow up post, I clicked it and skimmed the material. I read a similar article a few days ago in Vice. It is harder to see the links on the board on mobile. I first heard something about this back in July, though.
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Post by detour on Aug 21, 2020 16:18:25 GMT 1
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Aug 21, 2020 16:31:08 GMT 1
I guarantee this mystery will nor go away. Years from now there will still be documentaries on cable channels investigating the unsolved disappearance.
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Post by Indiana Jones on Aug 22, 2020 18:39:18 GMT 1
There was a book called The Secret Token that recently came out that discussed the romanticizing of their disappearance. Basically people shuttered at the idea the colonists might had possibly gone native, so the 'mystery' became a blame game. First the Spanish killed them (or enslaved them); then the Indians killed them, or hell pirates were considered at one point.
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Aug 30, 2020 5:55:55 GMT 1
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Post by Indiana Jones on Aug 30, 2020 14:15:37 GMT 1
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