1 An Entire Settlement of Colonizers Disappears 2 WWII Pilots Witness Strange Lights in the Sky 3 A Ghost Ship Drifts Through the Arctic 4 Two Sisters Return from the Dead 5 8 11 14 5 Pilots Disappear in the Bermuda Triangle 17 6 Strange Letters Plague a Town 21 7 Three Men Escape from Alcatraz 24 8 A Famous Pilot Vanishes into Thin Air 27 9 Blobs of Goop Drop from the Sky 30 10 Leaping Man Disappears Off a Plane 34 11 A Hiking Trip Ends in Tragedy and Mystery 37 12 A Ship Sails without a Crew 40 Fact Sheet 44 Glossary 46 For More Information Index 47 48
4 An old engraving shows John White finding the word CROATOAN in a tree upon his return to the colony CROATOAN
An Entire Settlement of Colonizers Disappears In 1587 a ship from England made their way toward new land It headed for a small island off the coast of what is now North Carolina This island was named Roanoke A colony was built there as the first English settlement in the New World That alone makes it a significant part of history But it is also notable for a different reason Only about a month after landing times got rough The settlement's mayor John White sailed back to England in 1587 He planned to ask for more resources White expected the trip to be quick It wasn't In August 1590 White and his crew finally returned to Roanoke When they arrived no one greeted them Not a single soul was left at the settlement White and his crew searched and searched The only clue they found ད 1
