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Originally Posted by tis
As kids, we were always told it was because of the rattlesnakes on it or the shape. No one really seemed to know which for sure.
There is a rattlesnake in the Libby Museum that they say is from Rattlesnake. It might be, but when we were kids there were no rattlesnakes in the Museum until my uncle found one up on Rte. 171 in Tuftonboro and donated it to the museum. I remember us all gathering around to look at it. I believe the Museum may be incorrect in saying the snake there is from Rattlesnake Island.
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1) If there were rattlesnakes in Tuftonboro, it's reasonable to believe there were rattlesnakes on Rattlesnake Island—especially as the island was uninhabited until recent years, and has the elevation and rock-ledge environment that are very favorable to them. Normally, I'd take such "anecdotal witness" tales with a grain of salt; however, the rattlesnake sightings strongly support the Rattlesnake Island name.
2) Yesterday I spoke with member
Keith, who expanded on his years-ago
Winni.com post (below) that the rattlesnake of his Grandfather's day was located on Tuftonboro
Neck. Keith is unquestionably a scientist of some note, with a local business involved with Mycology.
3) ...and that is was the family
Ganzy (ph.) who had to repeatedly shoo rattlesnakes off their porch!
4) Another thing: Near Raymond, NH, is another volcanic "Ring Dike" that is said to support rattlesnakes
today.