Local Legends in Manteo, North Carolina

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Roanoke Island

Manteo, NC

Roanoke Island, North Carolina, is the site of the 1587 'Lost Colony', whose settlers vanished leaving the word CROATOAN carved on a post. Around that enduring mystery has grown four centuries of legend — ghost lights in the woods, a white doe, and figures on the old shorelines.

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