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December 29, 2014
CROATOAN [UPDATE: OH RATS A BOGUS STORY!]
excavating an early 17th century Native American village near the Enoree River in Laurens County, North Carolina, have discovered seven contemporary Christian sepultures holding the skeletons of six males and one female of European origins. The bones have been proven through comparative DNA testing, to have belonged to members of the lost colony of Roanoke, established in 1585 on Roanoke Island, which disappeared mysteriously. More at:World News Daily
RATS!: Never Yet Melted » Mystery of Lost Colony Solved â BAD REPORT
This Roanoke story looked good and had a very plausible ring to it. There was no obvious giveaway.
But, one commenter, Gray, called the story out, and he is perfectly correct. There is no Professor William J. Monroe at Johns Hopkins or anywhere else.
Posted by gerardvanderleun at December 29, 2014 10:35 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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How inconsiderate of them to do that!
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://americandigest.org/sidelines/nav-commenters.gif)
at December 29, 2014 11:20 AM
World News Daily?
Now why would the Regime be suppressing this story I wonder?
Posted by: Onthenorthriver at December 29, 2014 1:00 PM
Very interesting. Unfortunately...not true. Follow the link to "Never Yet Melted", and you will find the following retraction:
CORRECTION AND RETRACTION, later on 12/29:
This is only the second time in many years I fell for a fake story. (The first time was when I first came across Duffleblog and failed to recognize that the story was appearing on a satire site.
This Roanoke story looked good and had a very plausible ring to it. There was no obvious giveaway.
But, one commenter, Gray, called the story out, and he is perfectly correct. There is no Professor William J. Monroe at Johns Hopkins or anywhere else. This story is otherwise completely unreported. There is no Laurens County in North Carolina. And “World News Daily” is just a totally irresponsible Israeli tabloid that evidently thinks making up stories like this is fun.
Apologies to Free Republic and American Digest. I’m off to eat a large plate of crow.
Waidmann
Posted by: Waidmann at December 29, 2014 7:19 PM
An old error is always more popular than a new truth.
German Proverb
Posted by: chasmatic at December 30, 2014 12:00 AM
My uncle Letsgo Lozko would say
"Jeder macht eine kleine Dummheit"
Posted by: chasmatic at December 30, 2014 6:00 AM
Are you sure this story is fake? Obama claimed to be related through marriage to one of the Indians who saved the colonists.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at December 30, 2014 7:13 AM