Carroll A. Deering

Though a 2006 investigation by the Alaskan government was launched to find the ship's whereabouts, these attempts were unsuccessful, and the SS Baychimo presumably still sails the seas to this day.

The Carroll A. Deering was discovered in shallow waters off the coast of North Carolina in 1921, with no crew on board.

The ship had set sail a month prior, en route to deliver coal from Virginia to Rio de Janeiro.

There was apparently discord on the ship between the captain and his crew, culminating in the first mate threatening the captain's life.

After a brief stint in jail, the first mate reconciled with the captain, but something went horribly wrong as the Carroll A. Deering returned home.

On the return voyage, the Carolee Deering allegedly made a call to the light vessel, a ship that acts as a lighthouse, reporting that they had lost the ship's anchors.

Unfortunately, the captain of the light vessel was unable to report the incident because the ship's radio was broken.

Before we can get into the mystery of the lost colony, we need to trace the chain of events that set it into motion.

It starts in 1584 when two English ships sailed across the Atlantic, scouting for a place to plant England's first permanent foothold in the New World.

By mid-July, they reached the Outer Banks, a thin, treacherous ribbon of islands where the ocean roars and the shore and storms roll in without warning.

The English made quick work of befriending the local tribes and were soon welcomed into a village on Roanoke Island.

After a month of reconnaissance, the expedition returned to England, and by late September, Walter Raleigh, the main man behind the venture, was already preparing to establish a full colony.

Raleigh was knighted soon after, and the new territory was christened Virginia in honor of Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen.

In April 1585, a fleet of seven ships left England with roughly 600 men and enough provisions to sustain a colony for about a year.

They reached the Outer Banks at the end of June, but the mission quickly encountered trouble.

And then there's the Ghost Ship of Ocracoke.

Part of the Outer Banks, a favorite place of mine to visit, is the location of Ocracoke Island, which is home to the chilling tale of the ghost ship known as the Carroll A. Deering.

In 1921, this five-masted schooner ran aground without a soul on board.

The crew had vanished, leaving behind only cryptic messages and signs of a struggle.

Locals believe that the ghostly apparitions of the crew still haunt the shores of Ocracoke, forever trapped in a spectral limbo.

The mystery of the Carroll A. Deering has fueled speculation and ghostly sightings, making it one of North Carolina's most enduring maritime legends.

And then who can forget the legend of the Moon-Eyed People? In the misty mountains of western North Carolina, there exists the legends of a mysterious race known as the Moon-Eyed People.

According to Cherokee folklore, these beings had pale moonlike eyes and lived underground.

A broken mast, a distress log, or a survivor pulled from the surf half dead and shivering, ready to tell a tale of rogue waves or blinding fog.

But the Carroll A. Deering, she didn't leave a whisper.

She just left an empty deck and a riddle that the ocean has been chewing on for over a century.

Now, to understand the strangeness of how she ended up, you have to look at what she was when she started.