For nearly a century, American school children have been taught the same haunting mystery. In 1587, a group of English colonists landed on Roanoke Island. Then, they vanished, leaving behind only one cryptic clue carved into a wooden gatepost: the word "Croatoan." In this edition of Weird Science, Public Radio East spoke with a Buxton native who is using science to dispel what he said is the myth behind the truth. We are told it is one of history’s greatest unsolved cold cases.