6 Amazing Historical Mysteries Uncovered by Reddit Users (2 of 4)

2. The Disappearance of the Roanoke Colony

1587 was a very good year… maybe? Evidently, it was for the 120 English settlers who sailed across the Atlantic and made it to Roanoke Island, present-day North Carolina, in one piece. It wouldn’t remain that way, though. Just three years later, they disappeared without a trace, and the mystery has never been solved.

If you ask Reddit users, most are sure to insist that zombies played a role in their demise because that would be both the coolest and most horrifying explanation. But, alas, odds are they either assimilated with the local Native American tribes or died at the hands of them.

3. The Enigma of the Voynich Manuscript

The Voynich Manuscript is about as mysterious as manuscripts previously owned by Wilfrid Voynich could possibly get. This book contains all manner of seemingly fictitious species of plants, astronomical diagrams, and human figures. Based on carbon dating, it has been verified to have been made in the early 1400s, but that’s literally all we can confirm.

The world’s foremost cryptographers have had a crack at the unusual writings, but at this point have thrown their hands up in resignation. Could it be an elaborate hoax? A medieval science book? What do Reddit users have to say about this matter? You guessed it: written by aliens.