A SECRET was hiding in plain sight | The lost colony of Roanoke
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- Опубликовано: 17 июн 2020
- 115 people vanish and all that's left are 2 strange messages carved into a tree and a fence post... Then a 2011 discovery changes everything.
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He's not wearing flannel this episode. Could be a cry for help.
He may be possessed, or it could be a clone...
😂😂😂
No. Its gray. He's getting closer to white. He's morphing back into Andrew WK.
I noticed that right away and was confused what channel i was on
Could be a hostage situation, the Like button has gone rogue!
This dude would be the type of history teacher that would make you love history.
Abso-freaking-lutely
Too many facts, people don't want that for their kids, they want their children to be taught a "patriotic education".
... or would he be the type of dude that knows what dude he is? A dude playing a dude disguised as another dude?
God, yes. My history teacher was a lunatic and I hated it.
You mean, he would make you be very interested in History, maybe not “love it”. Haha, because history is disturbing.
Whenever I heard of this it was never mentioned that there was an island with that name. It was always just: there's a settlement that disappeared and that word was found carved in wood and nobody knows what happened. You learn something new every day.
This is what I learned too. Like, there was this mystery about the word and now I wonder why since it was the name of an actual island 50 miles south. Wish Mr. Ballen had been my history teacher
@@cassietherainbowsend722MEGA HAMSTER loves HOOMANS
How can you Not know the word Croatoan?
I'm Australian and I have known about this since I was about 10 years old.
@@stephanieyee9784 Did you actually read what I wrote or was your need to try and make yourself feel smart by making someone you don't know look dumb too much for your brain to handle? I never said that I never heard of the word. Most people have heard of it one way or the other. I said I had never heard that there was an island with the same name as that word. So in other words the word is actually the name of an island.
I was stationed at a Navy base in Moyock, NC., for 3 years. I, by nature, am a little bit of an adventurer. Going in sinkholes, caves, old structures, etc. Never did I even know that place was there. Knowing myself, I probably would have drug some of my 🐙 with me. Gone on an adventure, more than likely with the promise of 🍺. It wasn't until I was watching the History Channel that I learned of it. Looks like a good reason to leave Arizona!! Thanks, John B. Hm2 8404😜😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎😎✌️
It's so delightful to accidentally find old Mr Ballen videos and be like, damn. He STARTED good. This man has some damn talent
Can we not get this man his own Netflix series!?! Look what he can do with just his voice and still photography!
I know right. It's surprising how he can make something so creepy with just words. Not only is his storys relatively creepy when awake, if you fall asleep with him on he is literally just reading a script for your dream. Just a recommendation, don't fall asleep with his exorcism video playing.
Why can’t he just be good on RUclips, why does he need netflix
@@yousif4785 he can be good at both. At least with a Netflix series you can easily watch these stories on any device and it will help him be more well known. With Netflix his show will be advertised while on RUclips you just randomly get recommended the video.
Here here!!
u got my vote. Netflix show for Mrballen
My eighth grade U.S. history teacher told this story to my class one day and I never forgot it. She taught at her podium every day. She would get into the stories. She would lean out towards us as she emphasized important storylines. The whole podium would tilt at a 45 degree angle as she did.🤓 I had goosebumps as she re-enacted John White searching the the abandoned settlement at Roanoke for life. As she did, she turned around, picked up her chalk, and wrote “Croatoan” out on the chalkboard.. dum, dum, dum...
Mrs. McDaniel, you were the Best teacher I have had. No one has ever come close!
Mr. Ballen, You are a master story teller. I hope you never run out of stories!
And this has what todo with what Ballen asked you in the video?
More teachers should be like this, and I think the world would be a lot more intelligent
Educashun is four lusers
@@TA-Mike7 what are u on about
@@weatherman68 *English has left the chat:*
His story telling has significantly improved. You can tell he’s worked on his game. So good.
This was made by John 3+ years ago; you should see him NOW, WOW. 2023
I’ve listened to several different people and he is actually the best at telling the stories and I like the way he explains stuff and everything. He is far better and his voice is so much more soothing and is easy to understand where some of the women are too high-pitched or whiny.
His (or his team?)'s editing skills as well. The editor cuts out the rambling now.
Moral of the story. Don’t start trouble with people that can survive without supplies.
They didn't do too good after we wiped out the buffalo guess that was part of their non-existent supply dumbass
@@cal4207 To be fair, we wiped out a lot more than their Buffalo supply, what US history likes to glaze over during the civil war the native Americans held slaves and as such were convinced to join the confederacy as an ally force. When the Union defeated the confederacy as a punishment for the native Americans taking up arms against the US they were stripped of their land that they had been given when relocated to Oklahoma and any hold outs that hadn’t yet been relocated were. They were clearly punished more harshly than the southerners.
@@cal4207 are you making light of genocide?
Probably had a lot to do with surviving an apocalypse that wiped out 95% of their population two generations before Europeans reached them.
@@paulraines9635 yet the English and Spanish still managed to wipe 3% of the human population when they came to the Americas
I was born and raised on Roanoke Island (now called Manteo). Lived right down the street from Andy Griffith actually (he had a big compound there). Isolated (can only be accessed by plane or ferry) and stuck in the past in many respects. My family still has a home there and I go every summer. It has a creepy vibe, the whole island. At night you always wonder what happened there
That is really cool! My Aunt used to go to Tangeir Island every summer, and she says that they still speak an older English dialect.
My hermit self would LOOOOOVE to live there
That is so cool
I've been to, and had a freind who helped manage the Lost Colony outdoor theater at the fort site
@@jackg9092 that is really cool! Amazing how those languages got preserved.
I watched this video over the weekend. I was not familiar with this story. My 10 year old daughter came home from school 3 days later and told me she learned about the Lost Colony of Roanoke. I knew what she was talking about! Love this channel, by the way. So easy to get caught up in:)
how can you not be familiar with this? It's one of the greatest mysteries in American history.
@@Necrowolf81 I agree. It's taught in elementary/middle school...😅
Heck, my mom did one better and told it to me from an age before school. It's ALWAYS been one of my favorite stories due to the mystery surrounding the issue.
Always leaves me with SOOOO many questions. Questions that are ever changing with how new things are always being added to it every so often!😅😂❤
@@rebeccahherdener2068 so this is a US thing coz ive never heard the story its not taught in the UK which seems odd
@@manners2002 it's literally a part of U.S. history. So yes. It's a U.S. thing.😅🤣
I'm from Australia and I even learned this in high school
Hi John, several years ago there was an archeological dig across the river from the Roanoke Colony. They found evidence of possible survivors or captives from the colony there. They (the first nation peoples') also were mining copper there. It was an interesting documentary. I don't recall what channel it was broadcast on? Thanks for the great stories, I love this one myself! God bless you and your family, brother!
it was history i first saw it on paytv
Agriculture and animal husbandry seem like 'duh' for early people but I want to know how we started fooling around with metals, figuring how to combine and produce instruments of all kinds. Who would have thought that up? And how?
@@updownstatethe fallen angels taught mankind that stuff…
@@updownstateit was probably a fire on top of copper ore that caused people to discover copper. Then they found tin and used that as well. Then someone mixed them by accident and we had bronze. Much of it was accidental.
@@updownstatealiens, it was aliens
One of my favorite mysteries! I used to teach 8th grade US history and I'd tell my class a similar tale as you, and then we'd brainstorm all the possibilities. In 1999 I visited Roanoke and during the informational meeting the park ranger asked the audience to share their theories and then he patiently went through each scenario, sometimes illuminating additional facts or playing devil's advocate. Finally some one said, "Alien abduction" and the audience all laughed. He calmly explained that he'd thought a lot about that and "at this point it's as plausible as anything else." I no longer teach US History, but every couple of years I check to see if anything is new and I'm never disappointed: the discovery of site X, all the archeological excavations which have uncovered 16th century artifacts on both site X and Hatteras Island, there's the Lost Colony DNA study, drones with Lidar, archeologists with magnetometers. I am so hoping that the mystery is unraveled and solved in my life time!
that's so cool! this really is one of the more fascinating mysteries... .. your class was lucky to have you!
Hi Alicia, if you're looking for current developments there's a book by Scott Dawson published in 2020 called The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island.. it seems to crack the case.
"The legend of the Lost Colony has been captivating imaginations for nearly a century. When they left Roanoke Island, where did they go? What is the meaning of the mysterious word Croatoan? In the sixteenth century, Croatoan was the name of an island to the south now known as Hatteras. Scholars have long considered the island as one of the colonists' possible destinations, but only recently has anyone set out to prove it. Archaeologists from the University of Bristol, working with local residents through the Croatoan Archaeological Society, have uncovered tantalizing clues to the fate of the colony. Hatteras native and amateur archaeologist Scott Dawson compiles what scholars know about the Lost Colony along with what scholars have found benath the soil of Hatteras."--Publisher's description.
@@georgeedelblute6282 Yeah, think most of the pieces were put together. It was believed to be a mixture of starvation, possibly battle and a large group of the colonists ending up with a group of near by natives. I also remember the group looking for them wasn't able to sail south to the island in a reasonable time frame and it kind of built up the mystery even though it seems like it was far more straight forward than people building it up would imply.
@M A They were angels and visions.
@M A Yeah, actually i was the same as you and curious about those passages as well. I asked my grandparents about it as they're pretty well versed with scripture and it makes sense in context with the rest of the chapters. The verses alone stand out, but make sense when you read the entire chapter and book.
I would love to hear the native american version of this story.
It’s not like mrballens story is defending the colonists. It’s probably similar tbh
The Native American version goes like this: "They" were well taken care of... Now, it is quiet again.
oof
Me too; unfortunately, they became expelled over 500 years ago, and immediately! So the Native Americans now have no clue either, because they are from the southwest, northwest, upper northern parts of the United States! The Native American tribes along the east coastline, have been eliminated for many of hundreds of years! 🥺😣😭
This country has a full history of disappearances! Of ALL RACE! This Ronoake story is no different! Even now in 2020, people are mysteriously disappearing!!!! Hellloooo, like in our National Parks!
Don't know if Mr Ballin will actually read this but I have also been very interested in this particular case most of my life since I heard of it as a teenager and recently heard that among the croatoan Indians there are several with blue eyes and several with family names and surnames that you can find among the original habitants of Roanoke Island and their genetic blood scans turned up English ancestry as part of their DNA for many of these croatoan Indians currently living. It is believed that to survive they went to live with the croatoan Indians and ended up intermarrying with them and were assimilated into the tribe. Something that would definitely be worth researching.
This is well documented. I was surprised it wasn't in the story he told. I learned of this in a illustrated history story book when I was 7... 35 years ago.
No, they killed those Indians out of fear
I've heard the same.
Yes I don't see why the natives wouldn't intermarry with them they did so with the runaway slaves
That doesn't necessarily mean that the "lost colony" went to Croatoan, though.
It could mean that a handful to up to roughly 1/3 of the colonists ended up there or alternatively, that other English folk eventually ended up there & assimilated with the indigenous population, because without more specific genetic analysis, there's no way to know whether those with the same last names as some of the colonists actually descended from those colonists or from later arrivals of English people with the same last name OR who mixed with much later arrivals of English or other people with English heritage & intermarried into modern families with those last names but who had very little or no recent genetic link to the colonists themselves.
Just sayin', I like to consider all objective possibilities until additional info comes to light or I finally learn about it lol.
I'm from N.C. and all that I was ever taught about the missing colony was they had wrote Croatoan on a tree..I never heard of any of the other things that were discovered relating to it..This video was very informative(as they always are)
This story has way more to it than his 15 min video. Sir Walter Raleigh couldn’t get back to the Lost Colony due to the English Queen sending money to fund the war with Spain. The Croatoan were a peaceful tribe. The flat lands were known to flood. The english settlers wouldn’t have known how to navigate survival during the hurricane season. I was in the cast of The Lost Colony for 3 years on Roanoke Island and have lived in NC for 25 years. Tribes down the line had blue eyes and whiter skin. Names like james, White, Bordon and a few other English last names can be found in record in local tribes generations later. Its likely that most settlers died after not being able to survive the tough outerbanks terrain. The Croatoan likely took the survivors with them and fled the area during the wet season. A statue of virginia Dare still stands in the Elizabethan gardens on Roanoke.
Thank you for those extra details. Enjoyed reading that. Totally fascinating. ❤
That commercial of the 2 brainwashed young women talking about the church of Jesus christ was more annoying than any delay this guy could ever exercise...
Don't start making sense in here..im 56 highly intelligent and I'm gracefully learning to be an idiot, I have not seen a single white man in long branch nj in years..looks like Tijuana...hopefully I'll die in my sleep soon. Trump can't clean up this mess, the melting pot had cracked and spilled out..this country ruined. Maybe queen Elizabeth can fix our sorry state of affairs..hey hey don't laugh, don't fret...another video explaining how she still is alive is just 1 site away at our fingertips on wonderful RUclips
Can we start a petition for Mr Ballen to create a history series? Love your content!
Let’s keep it strange, dark and mysterious!
Sounds like a plan, JW
I was just gonna comment this😩😂
I can imagine his voice narrating a war series ❣️
@@MrBudcampo 0l
15:55 that daughter is the first child who got hit with the dad who went out to get cigarettes or milk, etc, and never came back..
🤣🤣🤣💀
👍🤣 nice
I'm a little in awe of her courage, determination, and strength. Imagine.
@@Msmargret1 different times. The average person had people who left and never cake back. People who they just lost contact with people. People left their families for a better life 24/7.
@@troyrussell177 Of course. I'm still a little in awe of pioneering ancestors who braved the unknown reality.
When he was telling the part about how if there was a message with just a place name and no cross, they had left willingly, it suddenly dawned on me that CRO may be the first three letters of CROATOAN, but they're also the first three letters of CROSS. What a twist that would be.
Yeah, once he said that if they wrote cross they were forced to go there, I thought Cro had to be the first three letters of Cross. I believe They said Cro because they didn't have enough time to finish writing the word cross. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that
It would make sense to me if they just drew a cross instead of writing "cross"
What about this: I’m Croat. From Croatia, Europe. What if some Croats took them somewhere?! 🤣
No. By cross he means the literal shape. Not the word.
@@robs9324exactly
So, you asked for theories about the colony, and after listening to your video, here’s mine. What was left of the settlement after the Indian raids, probably had to leave in a hurry. They found themselves outgunned (so to speak), and probably had initially intended to go to Croatoan in the south. Hence that’s we’re the carved clues pointed. Then either one of two things happened: 1) They went to the Island in the south, and found it equally inhospitable as Roanoke (Or possibly already occupied by native Americans who were ready to kill them). Then they defaulted to plan ‘B’ which was settling to the north. Or 2) They tried going south, but normally strong and unpredictable winds from the south blew them north anyways, much like it did with one of the earlier colony ships. In either case, their immediate concern was likely just plane survival and they weren’t as concerned with (or never got the opportunity) to go back to Roanoke and correct their tree-carved mistake. The others settlement could have later been attacked, and the remnants either killed or integrated into the local tribes…. most likely both.
Great video’s MRBallen. Glad you found your calling.
This theory is the most likely. Good work! 👍🏻
Oh dem Indians was real bad.OMG REALLY?
That is where my mind went too!
Mr Ballen: does anything.
Me: nice
Don't drink the koolaid my friend. He's good but he's not a god as I'm sure he'll tell you. But he is pleasing to listen to and he uses logic.
I'm your 69th like. thank me later
😂 thanks!!!
jac hahaha
So true
I appreciate that he doesn't play background music! So many channels are ruined for autistic people by having music. I like that he doesn't use a lot of stock photos to tell stories also. He is a good storyteller and just let's you listen. I like that he puts real photo when he has one. Been binge watching for days.
Just curious, why music is disliked by autistic people?
@@sendmorerum8241 sensory overload would be my guess but I obviously dont speak for her I just know an autistic kid who doesnt do as well in busy places starts to lose some cognitive processing when overloaded
@@sendmorerum8241 I'm not autistic but I have noticed some channels play their music too loud and it then becomes difficult to understand what the speaker is saying.
Not just autistic people, it’s often TOO LOUD!
I don't think I'm autistic (perhaps) but I'm 100% with you there! I can't stand music distracting you from being able to hear and concentrate on what someone is saying, or contrive false emotions, when the story can make you feel for itself.
This was one of my favorite mysteries. Years ago I watched an ep. of PBS Secrets of the Dead. The performed DNA tests on known family relations back in Britain with families living in the area with last names that appeared on the manifest. There were matches. Whoever fled from the fort survived
I’ve heard others say this! Absolutely fascinating! My mom took me to that lil play on Roanoke island and it captivated me at 13..
@@ericafrenk6747 I love that. Never know what will peak our interests when young
I’ve lived in NC my whole life, coming here and seeing the area you’d never guess this place is historic as much as it is. In school we always learned about the history here and would watch plays about what happened here, it’s awesome.
I think something important happened at Kitty Hawk-KDH too. Am I Wright?
If you were my history teacher then I'd have A's all year
If only history teachers spoke about suspenseful and paranormal stories
Fr, I usually can't stand history but I loved listening to this
@Alisha reily they mean having an A as a grade all year, which is the highest grade you can get in school
@Alisha reily it wasnt even funny but ok
@Alisha reily yeah my uncle does, he actually breeds them
John white, the ultimate "ill be back im going to the store to get cigarettes" dad.
Doll are you on drugs?
I'm sure they wouldn't have like their dad if he stayed anyways.
@@lauriemarie6902 its not literal what I said is a meme about how dads abandon thier families by telling some lie such as leaving to go to the store mine strait up abandoned me and my mom for money.
Title now belongs to Steve from Blue's Clues 😂
Hahahahahahaha classic.
I’m 6 minutes or so in and I’m cracking up over how sweet the natives were to the settlers, granting them permission to move in and supporting them in any way they can!
8 minutes in and now I’m just sad.
Same 🙃
Being nice to settlers at first seldom has proven to be in favour of the native population....
They always make it sound like our people(indigenous people), were the ones who who were always ready to attack and giving us the name of “savages”, when in reality it was the Europeans who came and lied, murdered, and stole everything from them. Even as I watch the western movies it’s always portrayed as the indigenous people who were the bad guys. If that were the case, everyone living today would be frightened of us. In those days, they were only trying to protect what their forefathers had taught them, keeping their families protected and protecting their livestock and farming. Anyone who reads this, don’t believe everything you’ve been taught; do your own research and make sure it’s coming from an accurate source.
@debrajones4010 most indigenous people around the world _(who haven't been indoctrinated by European colonialism)_ know all too well the reality of their lies, deceits, manipulation, sadistic-greed and psychopathy. They used the exact same tactics on every continent and against every single group of people they encountered. Even their own European brethren.
@@yinkaoyekunle9533 you’re right
I wish I had him as a history professor!! I would definitely go to his class any day of the week.
I know right!?
Not possible, he would failed an interview as he lack important qualifications of being boring
@@nics129😂
I could start watching his videos at 8pm and it feels like it’s been maybe 15 minutes and boom it’s 3am
Me too! He’s a born storyteller and his stories are INTERESTING and well researched...
You should check out Oddie Oddities as well...and Dark Curiosities..
Just remember to get enough sleep on a regular basis. Your health depends on it!
@@maggsbufton1969 esa
Same
same
One of the only people who can make a 27 minute video seem like 5
I know at 10pm its dangerous, because all of a sudden its 1am and im shooook.
Honestly
never agreed with a comment so much haha!
Lol right I fall asleep watch n him lol
Wait this is 27 minutes??? I thought it was like 3
I have hear this story so many times, so I thought. But never this good. MrBallen is truly a world class story teller.
Young Mr Ballen I thank you for not only a great channel but for not being annoying like too many others.
Keep on keeping on and make sure to always put out topics that you’ve researched and never lie to make the stories more interesting because they already are interesting
I love that I can just listen to him while I work and I don’t need to watch to understand what is going on. You’re doin a wonderful job here mr.Ballen keep up the good work 😎👍🏻
Yes same! I don’t have to stop what I’m doing to look at anything.
Same. I only listen to Ballen while at work. I have baby duties at home so work time is my story time. Only time I need to stop and look at my phone is when the pictures or videos associated to the story come up.
Same! I listen to Mr. Ballen during my 2am commute home from work. I look forward to it.
Same here, except when it comes to his murder case videos or any video that contains photographic/video evidence, then I have to look.
Yeah bud same here! He should really do a podcast
The amount of joy I get when I see “Mr Ballen” in my RUclips notifications is astronomical
Sigh. What did you do to challenge and interpret his message?
Yeah
Lol thought it's was just me 😂
😂 thanks!!
Same here, he is The Best.
I have always had a huge fascination with Roanoke, now even more so! Mahalo for your mo'olelo-telling the story- of this ever evolving mystery!🍿😳
Whel
When listening this
Love your approach to teaching, because that’s what it is. I taught US history for decades with a particular focus on Roanoke, occasioned by my experience in survival training. I found using Maslow’s hierarchy to be an effective lens to view the disintegrating colony. It’s likely that the colony broke into groups and attempted different avenues to find refuge. Basically, South, North, and West. I’ve hiked and paddled much of this terrain and feel it could appear to besieged and starving survivors that they needed to break into factions. I’d suggest that the involvement of Spanish adventurers be included in the overview. The multiple Dare stones, the map with the star fort, European artifacts, and even DNA all suggest dispersion and conflict, basic enemies of survival
It’s funny that you say you started on tik Tok because your channel is perfect for just binging down.. you’ll thrive on RUclips
i really appreciate it!
For Sure 🌠
Facts.
Not really you can get some weird stuff on RUclips
I don't wanna ruin the 200 likes
I am a fan of the strange, dark, and mysterious... delivered in story format.
I read this while he said this 🤭
@@bsherman4353 😆😆
That is literally all they're gonna be doing
Then you’ve come to the right place because he uploads 3, 4 even 5 times every week
But did you 'gently assassinate' the like button?
A new fan here. Thank you for the great storytelling and delivery. Keep up the good work!
For all of the countless publications I've seen on this subject, there are so so soooooo many things here that I have never seen before. This is by far the most comprehensive tutorial I have ever seen, evvverrrr.
"Okay, we've made up our mind, we're going north."
"Wait, I just carved areas saying we're going south."
"Eh, just leave it. They'll find us sooner or later."
Lol your comment reminds me of the Wagons East movie back in the day with Chris Farley! I loved that movie! 👍 great comment
This made me laugh out loud 🤣🤣 I wonder how many ancient mysteries are because of things like this.
This is definitely what happened you are the first person to find out what actually happened lol
eh is canadian, another clue? xd
XD
I am a Native American story Teller. I can, and do appreciate good Story Tellers. Mr. Ballen is one of the very best I have heard. Our stories are somewhat different but, Story Telling is an art form. You either have the gift or you don't. There is no middle ground. Hoka Hey Mr Ballen, akua tuta mitankupi.
lemainaition
Your language and Hawaiian language seem likewise
@@sasproductions701 trees create shade and cleanse the air. Also what part of the country you're in denotes the types of trees you'll find. In my yard I have oak trees hundreds of years old that are so large in height and circumference that two people can't encircle them with our arms. Two adults cannot get their hands to meet with our arms wrapped around the tree. They have long branches that sometimes dip almost to the ground and then turn toward the sky again. They are also draped in Spanish moss much like a Christmas tree is draped in tensile. Can you imagine how majestic they look? Would you cut down such a majestic tree as that? I wish you could see it. You find trees like this in the southern states. I've seen a few, but only a few, as old and big as the ones on our property. It's been in my family since the late 1700's, possibly early 1800's. There are conflicting accounts. We have a family cemetery on the property and some graves are marked 1800's so I'm inclined to think that time period. I would literally cry as though I've lost a loved one if someone were to cut one of these trees. I wish you could see them, especially one old girl in particular. I swung on and climbed her as a child and now I feed the birds and squirrels from her. She was here when my great,great(and possibly one more great) grandparents were here.
Sorry to get carried away, I don't often have the chance to boast on the old gals. Have a wonderful day with fondness from the state of
Florida, US of A
Im black and id love to hear your stories and met your family to learn about the real history of this country. I wanna know about Sasquatch and everything please
A channel going through various native and tribal stories, both your own and others from all over the world would be pretty cool.
Only 5 1/2 more videos to watch and they will be all watched again! ♥️♥️♥️
Edit: Though several of these videos I have watched more than twice! 😂😂😂
This story along with Amelia Earhart are 2 stories I have read everything about over the yrs. I feel like we know what happened to Amelia sadly, and we’ve learned a lot more about Roanoke.
Been following this story since grammar school. This is the best explanation. Whatever happened wasn't pleasant. Was not a good idea to kill the native people that helped them.
Aye your people were very well known for that and they were proud of that too it’s why they taught us that in school. Lmaoo
@@purobrim36XX lmaoo 😐
I'm multiracial. I had my (The government still calls it this) American Indian Blood Quantum Level blood test done early in life, my surname is a Tribal word, my blood Quantum Level s are predominantly native American, 13 different tribes, so still a mix. In school my family was the only known Native American family enrolled at that school. When I learned about Roanoke my teacher was very nervous and everyone turned to look at me like I was the appointed tribal ambassador, any mention of "Indian" boom, all eyes on me. Every head in class turned looking at me. I just put my hand up. "We actually prefer the term Native American. I know it's in the book but could you call us Native Americans...no big deal." Then I quickly learned that no matter what color skin the other kids in my class had they were a bunch of assholes. As a boy named Mark who I know had a Caucasian mother, we lived in the same apartment block, and a black father looked at me and said at the top of his lungs "You mean red savages." And he got a laugh. I waited for my teacher to do anything. She didn't. (Public school in a dirt poor neighborhood. Looking back she really wasn't paid enough to care. Looking back at that moment I think she was silent because she was thinking, I can honestly make more being a waitress and put up with less obnoxious people.) Then it became laughing and what are now known as slurs being chanted. I remember my family always giving me the you are an American mix. You are Native American, you are part black, you are part white, basically every race that hated each other and has prejudices against each other you are. Those prejudices still exist. Don't expect to be accepted by any race. You are a mix and you will always be, to them, an outsider. If anyone says something about what you are, remember you are the American dream. Your family exists because of diversity. You are not us or them. You are all. Never let someone who is also an American forget or think that you are less than they are. People only put others down because they need to feel more powerful than someone. Human nature. People will not accept you but you. But you are not allowed to allow anyone to put you down for what you are. You stand up for yourself even if you stand alone.
Then I stood up thinking at that age, I'm about to get kicked out of school. I shouted the teacher's last name I made it very clear that was a Polish name. He ancestors at some point came to America seeking freedom and a better life. I went through every kid's surname I could, pointing out they either came here to America or had to Come to America. My family has been in America, since before the American revolution. We have fought on every war. Call me Indian. Call me Savage. Call me red skin. Call me all of that in class. Most of your asses wouldn't be American citizens of it wasn't for families like mine. I am not going to tell a single slur back at you. It's only insulting my people to pick on your races. You are all American....you are also trash.
I picked up my book bag, walked right to the principal's office, explained what happened. Inside I was thinking get me the hell out of here now, but I just requested that my mom be called as I didn't feel safe do to being called slurs because of my ethnicity. My teacher was shortly in the principal's office talking to him as I was nervously waiting for my highly protective, product of a mixed race marriage, proud of being mixed mom to come collect me, as I wanted to cry as I was just a child but I had to stand up for myself. Stand strong even if I stood alone. One person army. Show no weaknesses. By the time my mom got there and was ready to verbally destroy anyone who got in her path, yank her kids out of that school, and possibly whip a shoe at someone. I was like, I need out of this school now! Nope. Turns out the principal was very upset because his mother was Apache. He took this personally. He was terrifying. Just in his normal mood. At least to a kid. So I was like, yo. I can just walk home. It's fine. The principal is pissed. I thought he was pissed at me. I made my play, "no need to tell at me Sir. My mom will most likely yank me out of this school. I'll be gone. Your face is actually purple and the veins are popping out. Please tell at an adult. I'm ready to go home." He wasn't mad at me. He was mad that kids who had special presentations to learn about their ancestors, how their ancestors not only got to America and about their cultural identities were openly being racist. But the teacher did nothing. So I got a few days off school. My mom spoke to Mark's parents. Which got heated. When I got back to school my principal had all the students assemble in the gym. There was a talk about what happened. While that was happening I was checking the exits. Them he said the whole school was going to learn about Native Americans, our culture, we were going to have guest speakers and presentations.
I stand by what I said as a kid to my classmates. All of you who either came to America or were taken here. You all are Americans now. I don't know where the people that posted this are from. If you are an American. Shut up. Chances are your ancestors came here. If you are a citizen don't think any native person of any tribe needs you to speak for us. We can speak for ourselves. The American government did horrific things to Native people it's not like the settlers were the only groups of people that tried to end Native Americans. If you are an American citizen and you wrote "your people" as a jab using the mistreatment of native Americans as a put down, you are an American, The United States Government did a hell of a lot to Native Americans, so YOUR PEOPLE, did it too. As an American our government has a lot of blood on its hands so don't use native Americans and what we have gone through as a way to trash someone else. Native Americans can speak for themselves. If you aren't one shut up. If you are an American citizen, shut up.
@@dejavoodu521 I loved reading your story, and yes I read the whole thing. I am 63. When I was young I was obsessed with native Americans. All of my reports were about Native American leaders. I wore moccasins and had a sign in my room that said, “don’t judge a man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins.” I loved the indigenous people of this country. I went to pow wows, I wanted to be one! Strangely enough, I looked Native American. People said I looked like Rita Coolidge. My grandfather was adopted and we had no information about him my whole life. It wasn’t until I did my DNA in 2014 that I found out that I was in fact, Native American. I am at peace now.
@@dejavoodu521 what was the point of your rant? I do get that people who are insulting need to be told off.
I wish teachers could teach and explain like him.
I woulda learned something in public school if he taught
My teacher talked like he was our best friend and i was in honors history because of his one year in 9th grade lol.
@@MAGICC.GAMING That's great! My son's teachers were good until 3rd grade. Then that teacher totally ruined it for my son. He asked to be homeschooled. And he was 100% right. It was the best thing we have done. Outside of having them of course. 😁
Mine did. Mr. Duplantis , Carrol. He was a fine orrator. But pulled that I'm better than you 💩 on me when I went to talk with him outside of school. Oh well his loss. God syndrome.
Ok true. But then that would take away from teaching about buttsex and the 'patriarchy.' You know, the important things in life.
Going thru old episodes. I loved this history lesson. You make the cloudy past sooo clear.
What I don’t get is did nobody actually check Croatoan Island? He said the guy and his men were on their way to it and had to return to England because of bad whether. So did nobody go back later and check that island?
@@nicolaevans2020 i don’t recall him saying it was fake in the video
Croatoan Island is what I immediately though of. That and the stories of the Croatoan virus.
No he said they were headed that way but their anchor broke & the wind keep driving them north(ith a brokem anchor they had no wait so set sail to stop from saling north) so they didnt end up goin yo croatoan island
@@DJ-ep2dc right I got that part, so nobody came back later to go there then, that’s odd, they could have came back when the weather was better
I heard so many versions of this story and I could honestly say you have given 100% more details than any I have ever heard. Thank you for the info.
I noticed this too. I hadn't heard of the previous scouting expeditions and thought the whole thing just started as a colony with families ready to settle.
But I'm still fascinated by the mystery.
Im trying to figure out how the hell 100 men killed a whole tribe of native americans without even one supposedly dying in the fight...that cant be true
I just love this dude...he speaks eloquently...very knowledgable...he never misses a beat...its like he was there! every story !
So this is about my fifth or sixth video I have seen of his in the last two days and I was just thinking about an hour ago that it's almost as though he was there in each one of these episodes. And then I'm wondering how in the heck he was able to memorize all of this information that he read.
It's like we were there.
Yup
@@arleneportsmouth1263 not to ruin the magic but I’m willing to bet that he reads this information in his research and while doing it he is writing his own story telling “script” and he has it on his laptop near him off screen that he is reading as a reference as he goes through and jump cuts those moments out in editing. But you wouldn’t guess it because he’s an amazing story teller :)
@@arleneportsmouth1263 I say he is a Genius or has the best Teleprompter in the world, I’ll stick with Genius👍🏻💕👍🏻
Thank you. This is more concise, well-presented information about this than I’ve ever seen! Bravo!
You are one very gifted Story teller.. I love all your videos.. You laid this out very very well.. Congrats.
I know this story, read it in books as a kid, read it on creepypasta, read it on Reddit, but still I'm like "ok Mr Ballen, lemme hear what you've got to say" 🤣
Same lol 😆
Different details from version to version lol
Same here😂
I know daddy Ballen's about to give it to me in a way I haven't had it yet 😂
Same ☺ heard it 20 different ways but still want to hear MrBallen tell it ❤
so glad he's posting more
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The way mrballen tells this history of roenok. Makes it so easy to follow.
Thank you for this one. Now I have to look into this for myself because I love history and a good mystery.
He has such a great gift ar telling stories and capturing your attention. Easily my favorite content creator on youtube.
I really appreciate that!
true man his stories always make my nights 10x better. i love that he is primarily using youtube now because i can listen to his stories in more depth
What do you think Navy SEALS do all day when watching a target LOL!!! Tell stories!!!
He really is such a great story teller!
I'm hooked. Stumble across this channel 2 weeks ago. Didn't think I'd like it much. New sub now.
😂"16 arrows" so they said empty the clip on him
The colonist immediately push for a 5 arrow quiver only law.
@@naughtysmurf64 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!
didn't expect to laugh tears out, but that was unexpected and hilarious!!!!
Priceless!
The Indians: So anyway, I just started blasting.
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Absolutely love this channel, man.
You definitely gave more detail about the situation than I ever knew, and I knew the story well. I think I watched a documentary that was able to prove some blood relations in that north Carolina area. I believe most of the people got killed or died from lack of provisions though.
This vet is intoxicatingly unpretentious, balanced and articulate. Excellent excellent content.
Great video! As it happens, I researched this story extensively in 1997 for the original version of the series Unsolved Mysteries. Alas, we never filmed the segment but I've been fascinated by the story ever since. I haven't read many of the comments so this may be redundant, but from what I recall (and I'm a little vague now on some details) the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina has claimed for decades, perhaps centuries, that they assimilated the Roanoke settlers. They pointed to the frequency of blue eyes in their family trees as one indication, and more recent studies have noted other genetic similarities with European heritage and even language patterns.
I believe this makes the most sense, except for the ones who may have been killed in a conflict.
My 5th great grandfather (James Whitaker) was the first permanent white settler in Ohio. He was captured by Wyandot Indians in Pennsylvania and brought to Ohio along with other white men who were also captured. The Indians killed all the white men captives in a course of 'run the gauntlet'. However, my grandfather survived the course with little to no injury's and the Wyandot Warriors adopted him and called him their "son".
My grandfather met my grandmother who was also a Wyandot captive. The Indians gave them their blessings to marry and, as a wedding gift, gave them 1280 acres of prime farm land near the lake. He become a respected trader with the Indians and could speak their tongue, and was the first educator of the region.
Point I am trying to make is it is very possible the Indians probably didn't slaughter the women and children and may have befriended any 'brave' men who they grew to respect.
Probably assimilated with the kidnapped victims after killing most of the colony. That tribe probably left out those details when retelling the story.
@@clutchnixon5880 pretty sure that goes without saying lol
The Lumber Tribe isn’t an actual tribe. They have fake numbers when putting down the population of the tribe. I live close to the Virginia border in North Carolina. Manteo is 2 1/2 hours from me and I’m a Cherokee Native American. I wonder if they met some natives from Croatoan and left to go 50 miles north to the mainland. A mysterious story and I think we won't find out what really happened to the Lost Colony for a long time, if ever.
Mr. Ballen, you are a wonderful story teller!
I'm from North Carolina and have always been intrigued by the story of the lost colony. I've seen the outdoor drama The Lost Colony that Andy Griffith was in early in his career. It's a fascinating story.
This is still pretty disturbing even today. Imagine how heavy this was when it actually happened.
I remember in 5th grade we had to make a comic about what we thought happened to the people on Roanoke Island. I wrote that the island was so boring everyone died.
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Omg lol, that could be possible
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@@divyabalhra9889 wwwwr I’m. Edit: just saw this comment being liked and it looks like I fell asleep watching mr ballen!
True, that's why most of us locals still die to this day.
I heard this story like 40 yrs ago on some tv show. It left the story at the people were gone and that's the end. I was so glad to hear this take on it with loads more information to help have a better idea of the outcome of those Roanoke people. So just thanks Mr. Allen.
Strange, dark and mysterious well delivered in story format. I smashed the like icon so hard it fell off the screen.
I've just recently found this channel and I have just gone down a rabbit hole and have been non stop watching. I'm so interested in hearing about the things you talk about. I especially love your 411 videos
Me too cant stop watching, plus he is kind of pretty !
@@Angela-qv8pe yeah and He seems really passionate making these
wanna MrBallen playlist and chill some time let me know, netflix for virgins
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Yes, his stories are mesmerizing. Yes, he tells them quite exquisitely. Yes, the subject matter is intriguing. Yes, his voice is soothing. But c'mon people..doesn't hurt he's absolutely gorgeous. He's a package deal.
Hahaha you noticed too?
damnn patty tryna slide in on mr.ballen his wife better watch out for the competition
Yeah sure, if you asked him why a certain thing wasn't done, he would have such a story to justify his laziness....eventually you would get so tired of his stories that you would just leave.
So true. Lol
Indeed. Have noticed this also 🥰😍
Thanks for your hard work in making these videos of true stories. I don’t know how you do it but glad you do.
I’m from Eastern NC and after having to learn about this every year all thru grade school, this description made so much more sense thank you 🙏🏽
Mr Ballen is officially a national treasure. We must protect this man at all costs.
I agree with the sentiment, but he's a Navy SEAL, I don't think he needs our protection! 🤣
Awwww how sweet
Yas queen
This is why people say, "Never bite the hand that feeds you." Because sometimes it will come back with a vengeance and wipe you out of existence.
There's a difference between biting the hand that feeds you, and being paranoid you're going to be murdered off. did you even try to comprehend what was happening?
@@lightbringer2588 relax dude.
It sounds like the colonists were in a very hard spot. The lack of food and supplies combined with the dependence on the natives definitely was good cause for paranoia. This was the olden days after all.
@@booleah6357 defend them... shocking....
@@lightbringer2588 the colony was basically living off the natives, of course they were gonna get pissy and leave. But to just assume that those natives wanted to leave to come back and "get revenge" even though if they weren't kind in the first place they wouldn't even let the English colony mooch off of them for so long. Things indicated that the natives were just fed up and wanted to leave not that they were somehow angry that the colony won't stop depending on them for free food.
I love your page. You’re such a great speaker. Also, thank you for your service. 🇺🇸❤
Yet another exceptional episode from Mr Ballen. Thank you, I learned a lot. P.S.: Like many other commenters, i would love more historic unknown mysteries from your channel. it's a great break from the horror.
I knew some of the descendants of Roanoke survivors. Taught them in high school. The survivors went south. Ended up in Robeson County and Scotland County NC as well as some of the barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina. They were adopted by the tribe Lumbee. Some of the descendants today have bright white hair some have blue eyes, some dark skin some white, some brown eyes, some brown hair some black hair. The tribe has a lot of archeological evidence in the area, a state college in Pembroke. They finally have Federal recognition as a tribe and are working to get a reservation. They have a tradition of having adopted the survivors of Roanoke by verbal history as well as escaped slaves. They also have a Pow Wow every year which the public is invited to. Unfortunately their native language has not survived. They do have a distinctive ways of using certain words in a pattern (patois), a slight accent.
Wow, very interesting! Thanks for sharing 😊
I'm Lumbee and Tuscarora. My father told me this as a child
@MrBallen i hope will see your comment and look into that and put an update up
I had a suspicion that the settlers (or at least some of them) would have joined the natives eventually, I mean it makes sense from a survival point of view especially.
Yes! My sister in law told me they just merged into the Lumber tribe. Some of those last names still persist. Lots of Smiths and Locklear.. anyway, they just moved from VA to NC
Indians: "Ok, this clearly isn't working out, we'll just leave the island to you and keep our distance.. good luck"
Pilgrims: "So anyways, I started blasting"
Pilgrims: *And we took that personally*
Leave it to the English to always screw up a good thing
@AlGaddafi1969 well the Americans learnt off the best.
Well there were almost assuredly translation confusions. These were strangers in a strange land low on supplies probably starving and malnourished. And contrary to modern myth making the indigenous people of America were not peace loving trees hugging hippies.
@@slowpoke4557 actually leave it to a human to screw shit up is the correct phrasing.... Doesn't matter where we come from, we all suck and have thought some fucked off shit at one point or another and anyone who says they haven't is lying.
What if the people of Croatoa had been one of the ones who attacked the colony, and either the settlers wrote down who attacked or the Croatoans left that mark to brag?
I think I was 11 when I first learned about Roanoke. I've heard many theories, and it's always good to hear a fresh take. Great job sir.
John White, America’s first dad to go out for cigarettes and come back 3 years later.
Fucking hysterical lol lol 😆
Three words: mass alien abduction. OK, back to my tinfoil tent.
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Wheez
Entirely possible. Most likely the best probability. Adjust your frequency.
Heck no! They were spirited away. XD
Jesus Christ came down from his chariot of cotton candy and took them to the magical land of nod. Better grab that bible and convert your beliefs so you too stand that fantastical chance of being one of many to ascend into a world of fictional wonder.
@@Kindlesmith70 I don't think I could resist a Chariot Of Cotton Candy, but, but, I don't think I'll ever see one come down from on high with a Chris or Christ or Christian, so I guess I'll just have to stay here a while in the Land Of Real & Cruel Shit that MrBallen knows all too well.
I've always been intrigued by this story. Thank you for sharing!
Mr. Ballen,
If you look at the two stones that Elinore Dare wrote on, you will see the first stone has, what looks to be a plus sign at the top center. Now, what if that plus sign actually represents a "cross." I remember you stating the Mr. White before he left to England, told the residents, if they were in distress, to put a cross on their message to signify danger.
I would like to see exactly what Elinore wrote. However, I sincerely appreciate you sharing this piece of American history with us. Well done.
I would love for him and Bailey Sarian to tell a story together, she’s the only other person that tells stories like him, but she does make up while she speaks
I loooooove Bailey!! She’s awesome!
My wife watches her and I watch this. We both never knew that we were watching this type of stuff until we shared it to each other
LOVE her!!!! She's awesome!!!! If her and Mr. Ballen did some stories together it would be legendary!!!!
They could do a podcast.
That! Would be brilliant.👍
She could do his makeup
Every time I think of the Roanoke disappearances or “Croatoan” I think of that supernatural episode.
That’s exactly what I was thinking as soon as I heard CRO...... 😂😂
Go watch the Netflix show haven. It’s all about Croatian
Same tho
I think about American horror story’s version I don’t remember what season but it was scary AF
ME TOO i thought i was the only one
I’ve always been fascinated with Roanoke. Excellent delivery sir
So glad I found this video! I've always been fascinated by the Roanoke mystery.
Wow! That was the most informative history lesson on Roanoke I have ever heard. So much more to the story than a group of settlers vanished while waiting a year for supplies, which is the story I've always heard. Fascinating. Thanks for sharing this insight.
Right?!?! I thought the same thing ❤
@@Positive_Vibes_AliMe Too!
Never heard the history of this baffling mystery told so well in such detail. Bravo !
Anyone else get scared when he wasn’t wearing a plaid shirt
I did too
No
Must have been laundry day :)
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I thought he was a different person and almost clicked away lol
New information? YES PLEASE. Always been fascinated by this case.
I grew up in that area and just learned so much more about the lost colony than in school. Very interesting and thank you
Also, they have done DNA on a local tribe discovering English DNA intermingled with Native Americans. Assuming then that at least some of them integrated with local tribes.
@ Jim 4.40 You're a creep. Please stop harassing women.
@ Jim 4.40 After directing a remark w a sexually suggestive overtone towards someone on the internet, you justify yourself by saying this is a common pick-up line at bars. You must admit this is a very different forum. You seem overly eager to engage in this type of dialogue. Bye-bye
@@jim4.403 You're a creep and you need to go outside and meet some people and learn how to act to strangers. Also your comment that "only a real woman would get upset" is sexist and very telling of what you might be like. Have a nice day and stop creeping!
@@jim4.403 Dude can you like, shut up? XD
Was just about to comment that. And its kinda weird he didn't mention it too because its a big fact to leave out.
"We're running a bit low on supplies. Let's attack the natives that befriended us."
Did you not listen? They believed the native’s withdrawal was a precursor to them removing the settlers from the island so attacked first.
@@saneman7177 old english logic
@@bobaquatics6776 growing hostilities resulted in kill or be killed mentality from both parties... which is what happened, as it often did with humanity.
@@saneman7177 they should not have been there in the first place
@@Jan-zk9if why?
Lifelong NC native here. Thanks for highlighting my state! NC REPRESENTIN' This is the most in-depth telling of it that I have heard, and I have heard a lot. I just watched a History Channel video that was uploaded a month ago (May 2024) that they are finding pottery that could have come from the colony in the water south of the CRO tree closer to the middle of the island. They are speculating that it could be the original site of the colony and that they were moving north when they etched the letters on the tree.
On one dreary drizzly day about 30 years ago I was in the woods in that area, it was creepy, it was almost as if you could feel those people around you. I have been there since then and have never had that feeling, I have always wondered about those people, the English and the Natives who lived there.
Croatoan was a diversion since they were being hunted. Let their hunters think they went 50 miles south when they actually went 50 miles north.
You think the natives could read?
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@@1pcfred If they worked alongside of the natives im sure they'd learn a little about their map. Recognizing symbols and letters. Using Cro on a tree and name written fully out + if the natives got ahold of a map.. They'd be about to find the island without being able to read the language.
@@LB_Amerijuanican natives had no maps. They would not know what a map was if you tried to explain it to them either. Any more than we can read Linear A.
Paul Frederick - you don’t think that the natives might have been able to recognize different features of their land visually drawn on a flat map? Why do you think the Native Americans were stupid?
He’s 100% going to hit a million subs by the end of the year 🔥
That’s very true
That would be crazy!!!
I like your profile pic it gives me nostalgic vibes for some reason
After watching the bigfoot story...I subbed....just like that
You were correct sir xD
I have been interested in the Roanoke mystery since I first heard about it in school. What could've happened? How did that many people disappear? So many questions!
I miss these types of videos where he doesn't repeat himself 10x in different ways to kill time and make the video longer.