This is Really Weird!

DRH · 03-02-2010, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Argie's Wife

Love it!

Me too! Excellent, Riverat!

Grant · 03-02-2010, 10:47 AM

Could it be the lights for night skiing at Gunstock? They are quite bright.

DRH · 03-02-2010, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Grant

Could it be the lights for night skiing at Gunstock? They are quite bright.

We're on the southern shoreline of the lake just west of Minge Cove, and Rattlesnake is north of us. Gunstock's to our southwest and we can't see it from our house.

Here's a winter photo I took of Rattlesnake a couple years ago. There's nothing beyond it from our vantage point but sky.

The strange triangular light we saw last night appeared to be coming from the tallest crest of the island.

Pepper · 03-02-2010, 11:08 AM

that is creepy!

Now that it's daylight, is there anything visible on the crest of the hill? Maybe a telescope could allow a better image of what's up there. Keep us informed!

DRH · 03-02-2010, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Pepper

that is creepy!

Now that it's daylight, is there anything visible on the crest of the hill? Maybe a telescope could allow a better image of what's up there. Keep us informed!

QL and I scanned the entire large crest of the island with our scope this morning and could not see anything other than trees and rock. Here's a photo I took a couple years ago showing a close-up of that area.

Pepper · 03-02-2010, 11:38 AM

I'm a bit geographically challenged, and wonder what town or area is beyond Rattlesnake, following the line of sight from your house? Is it possible that whatever it is could have been there? Regardless of what or where it is, this is a fun mystery!

DRH · 03-02-2010, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Pepper

I'm a bit geographically challenged, and wonder what town or area is beyond Rattlesnake, following the line of sight from your house? Is it possible that whatever it is could have been there? Regardless of what or where it is, this is a fun mystery!

Beyond Rattlesnake from our vantage point is Winter Harbor, Tuftonboro and beyond that, the Ossipee mountain range. But Rattlesnake is so high at it's peak that we can't see anything beyond it from here.

LIforrelaxin · 03-02-2010, 11:59 AM

You will have to tell us if it reappears tonight.... then we can really panic, because it means the little green guys are coming back to either pick somone/something up or drop something back off......

TOAD · 03-02-2010, 12:04 PM

Similiar lights were reported in Haiti and Chile shortly before the earthquakes!

jmen24 · 03-02-2010, 12:40 PM

DRH, something we do when taking preliminary photos of a job when we need a close up is to put one reticle of a pair of binoculars over the lens of the digital camera. It zooms us in far closer than the standard zoom on the camera. Try it out and see if it will get you a little closer, you will have a black edge all around as the relief will not be correct, but that should not matter.

I think a call to the government is in order, maybe they are conducting tests on the island while everyone was in the dark.

NoBozo · 03-02-2010, 12:41 PM

Maybe it was this phenomena called St. Elmos Fire attaching itself to a Barren tree trunk at the top of the island. NB

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Elmos_Fire

wifi · 03-02-2010, 01:11 PM

Or maybe its some Mexican geese with a full load of beans headed north ?

gtagrip · 03-02-2010, 01:38 PM

I think it is the new night time speed limit sign.

Quilt Lady · 03-02-2010, 02:13 PM

I'm wondering who will show up first: Richard Dreyfuss and his pile of mashed potatoes or Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. If they all show up, the will the movie be called "Close Encounters with Men In Black"????

Inquiring minds want to know!!!!

Jeanzb1 · 03-02-2010, 02:41 PM

Sitting here on the beach in Florida reading these posts and it makes us wicked anxious to get back up to the lake! Hey, Lake Snake, how is your mom doing over in Naples? And, Quilt Lady, how are your Siamese cats?
We'll be back early this year and REALLLLY looking forward to another fabulous summer!

DRH · 03-02-2010, 02:58 PM

I think we've found the source of the strange triangle of lights from last night. It was virtually pitch black when I took the photo of the light on Rattlesnake last night. The sky was overcast so there was no visible moonlight. However, by significantly increasing the exposure of the picture in PhotoShop, I was able to bring out the treeline on Rattlesnake. Also, I was able to spot a conspicuous tree that is growing out over the water on the southeastern tip of Sleepers Island (the closest tip to Cub Island). The triangle of lights was directly above that tree on Sleepers. Here's the overexposed shot:

Having a good idea of where the light was coming from, today I scanned that area of Rattlesnake where the light came from. With Quilt Lady's help, we found the source! It appears as though someone was having some fun. We were able to spot a very thin blue triangular outline in the exact spot where the light came from last night.

Next, I tried what jmen24 suggested and shot a picture directly through the spotting scope. The quality of the image is not very good, but by cropping and sharpening the photo the outline of the blue triangular frame is just barely visible. I put a red circle around it in the photo below:

We are suspecting that the outline of this frame is lined with small, white, bulbs that are powered either by a battery or maybe a solar panel/battery combination. Someone went to some trouble to set this up, and we're wondering who did it (excellent prank, by the way!), and when they set it up. No one along our shoreline had seen the light until last night.

So, the mystery is partially solved in that we now know it probably wasn't the Alton Town Hall ghost out for a prowl on Rattlesnake, and it probably wasn't a UFO landing. But who did it and when?

Newbiesaukee · 03-02-2010, 03:55 PM

Rational explanations sure take the fun out of things. But good detective work! Congrats.

NoBozo · 03-02-2010, 03:58 PM

This is kinda like looking for Sasquatch in the bushs.

NB

Argie's Wife · 03-02-2010, 05:17 PM

I dunno... I sharpened this some more and I think we're missing a heck of a party...

callawassiegirl · 03-02-2010, 05:37 PM

Hi Don.. Glad to see you are keeping busy. I know that Russell and Joyce are back home in ME.. so it wasn't him. Sure wish I could have been on our side of the island to see this....

riverat · 03-02-2010, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Argie's Wife

I dunno... I sharpened this some more and I think we're missing a heck of a party...

I like AG's explaination better, if Jim Morrison was there than we did miss a heck of a party!

NoBozo · 03-02-2010, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Argie's Wife

I dunno... I sharpened this some more and I think we're missing a heck of a party...

This Could be the answer:

NB

Wait a minute: I see another VISION below the Space Ship...........Is that Peter, Paul, and Mary..??

Grant · 03-03-2010, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Argie's Wife

I dunno... I sharpened this some more and I think we're missing a heck of a party...

You should insert an image of a rock bass to complete the picture.

(Linger longer!)

ApS · 03-03-2010, 04:09 AM

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Originally Posted by DRH

I think we've found the source of the strange triangle of lights from last night...But who did it and when?

Possibly, the answer is in the original post:

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Originally Posted by DRH

This evening a little before 7 PM a neighbor called us to ask if we were seeing the same strange light on the peak of Rattlesnake Island that they were. We hadn't noticed it, so we went outside to look...Anyone have any ideas?

It's also possible that it's an innocently placed solar-powered pathway that hadn't been "focused-on" until now.

KBoater · 03-03-2010, 01:57 PM

Island Girl Is Flying Saucer the next mode of transportation to and from the island??

SS-194 · 03-08-2010, 11:47 AM

Well i sure did enjoy reading the thread about the lights on Rattlsnakes Mtn.
I skied out to the Island this past weekend and Sunday we hiked to the top.
And not to ruin anyones fun but yes there is 4 pieces or rebar formed into a triangle with 3 solar collectors and a string of Christmas lights. It faces west kinda towards Gunstock. The rebar is wrapped in green tape maybe to help hide it in the daylight,I don't know. But It sure was an adventure for my 12 year old to go up the Mtn with a mission. No signs of Aliens. I think she was hoping on finding Edward from Twighlight though.

riverat · 03-02-2010, 02:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TOAD

Similiar lights were reported in Haiti and Chile shortly before the earthquakes!

Actually I was watching a show on disc channel (I think) last night that was about strange lights at night that appeared out of nowhere in the mountains and in a dessert. There were many theories to these but one of them were that the granite was giving of electrical emission in the form off a plasma type ball or bubble that would float and sometimes move around, this was usually just before an earthquake of great to moderate magnatude was taken place sowewhere in the world, sometimes far away. The granite would compress causing electricity and than would find it's way to the surface through a fissure and burp out a bubble of plasma, they duplicated it in a lab atmosphere but could not make it last more than a blink of an eye.
One study of the phenomenon was in NC mountains where the folklore has it as spirits of native americans had a fierce and bloody battle in that area 3-400 years ago and legend has it that the strange lights seen by many are from spirits trapped and reliveng the battle. Very interesting, did anyone else happen to see this show? How strange that the next day this post is here.

Brown Mountain NC
http://www.ibiblio.org/ghosts/bmtn.html

DRH · 03-02-2010, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by LIforrelaxin

You will have to tell us if it reappears tonight.... then we can really panic, because it means the little green guys are coming back to either pick somone/something up or drop something back off......

The triangle shaped lights were back on this evening. We suspect they may be solar powered because they start out bright and then fade away after an hour or so.

Slickcraft · 03-02-2010, 11:43 AM

I think that the Alton Town Hall ghost was out for an evening fly around. Maybe a case of cabin fever and too many Girl Scout cookies.

Should the incident be reported here?
http://www.paranormalnews.com/

03-02-2010, 10:47 AM	#2
Grant Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Pennsyltuckey, Tuftonboro, Moultonborough Posts: 1,501 Thanks: 377 Thanked 231 Times in 125 Posts	Could it be the lights for night skiing at Gunstock? They are quite bright. __________________ "When I die, please don't let my wife sell my dive gear for what I told her I paid for it."

03-02-2010, 11:08 AM	#4
Pepper Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laconia, NH Posts: 1,284 Thanks: 409 Thanked 155 Times in 40 Posts	wow that is creepy! Now that it's daylight, is there anything visible on the crest of the hill? Maybe a telescope could allow a better image of what's up there. Keep us informed! __________________ Never waste time lamenting what was. Simply celebrate what is!

03-02-2010, 11:38 AM	#6
Pepper Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Laconia, NH Posts: 1,284 Thanks: 409 Thanked 155 Times in 40 Posts	I'm a bit geographically challenged, and wonder what town or area is beyond Rattlesnake, following the line of sight from your house? Is it possible that whatever it is could have been there? Regardless of what or where it is, this is a fun mystery! __________________ Never waste time lamenting what was. Simply celebrate what is!

03-02-2010, 11:59 AM	#8
LIforrelaxin Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Texas, Lake Ray Hubbard and NH, Long Island Winnipesaukee Posts: 2,875 Thanks: 1,037 Thanked 892 Times in 524 Posts	You will have to tell us if it reappears tonight.... then we can really panic, because it means the little green guys are coming back to either pick somone/something up or drop something back off...... __________________ Life is about how much time you can spend relaxing... I do it on an island that isn't really an island.....

03-02-2010, 12:04 PM	#9
TOAD Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Soon to be Moultonboro Posts: 258 Thanks: 1 Thanked 81 Times in 34 Posts	Similiar lights were reported in Haiti and Chile shortly before the earthquakes! __________________ "Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.....Unknown....but attributed to George Washington

03-02-2010, 12:40 PM	#10
jmen24 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 1,139 Thanks: 223 Thanked 319 Times in 181 Posts	Something to try DRH, something we do when taking preliminary photos of a job when we need a close up is to put one reticle of a pair of binoculars over the lens of the digital camera. It zooms us in far closer than the standard zoom on the camera. Try it out and see if it will get you a little closer, you will have a black edge all around as the relief will not be correct, but that should not matter. I think a call to the government is in order, maybe they are conducting tests on the island while everyone was in the dark.

03-02-2010, 12:41 PM	#11
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	St. Elmos Fire Maybe it was this phenomena called St. Elmos Fire attaching itself to a Barren tree trunk at the top of the island. NB http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Elmos_Fire

03-02-2010, 01:11 PM	#12
wifi Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lakes Region Posts: 1,321 Thanks: 282 Thanked 287 Times in 169 Posts	Or maybe its some Mexican geese with a full load of beans headed north ?

03-02-2010, 01:38 PM	#13
gtagrip Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 301 Thanks: 115 Thanked 75 Times in 52 Posts	I think it is the new night time speed limit sign.

03-02-2010, 02:13 PM	#14
Quilt Lady Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: West Alton, NH Posts: 169 Thanks: 0 Thanked 25 Times in 11 Posts	awaiting the Mother Ship . . . I'm wondering who will show up first: Richard Dreyfuss and his pile of mashed potatoes or Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. If they all show up, the will the movie be called "Close Encounters with Men In Black"???? Inquiring minds want to know!!!! __________________ QL (Doing my best to encourage Global Warming ... one quilt at a time!)

03-02-2010, 02:41 PM	#15
Jeanzb1 Senior Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Gilford Posts: 555 Thanks: 631 Thanked 176 Times in 95 Posts	Most interesting.... Sitting here on the beach in Florida reading these posts and it makes us wicked anxious to get back up to the lake! Hey, Lake Snake, how is your mom doing over in Naples? And, Quilt Lady, how are your Siamese cats? We'll be back early this year and REALLLLY looking forward to another fabulous summer!

03-02-2010, 02:58 PM	#16
DRH Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Meredith Posts: 1,689 Thanks: 1,204 Thanked 677 Times in 179 Posts	Found It! I think we've found the source of the strange triangle of lights from last night. It was virtually pitch black when I took the photo of the light on Rattlesnake last night. The sky was overcast so there was no visible moonlight. However, by significantly increasing the exposure of the picture in PhotoShop, I was able to bring out the treeline on Rattlesnake. Also, I was able to spot a conspicuous tree that is growing out over the water on the southeastern tip of Sleepers Island (the closest tip to Cub Island). The triangle of lights was directly above that tree on Sleepers. Here's the overexposed shot: Having a good idea of where the light was coming from, today I scanned that area of Rattlesnake where the light came from. With Quilt Lady's help, we found the source! It appears as though someone was having some fun. We were able to spot a very thin blue triangular outline in the exact spot where the light came from last night. Next, I tried what jmen24 suggested and shot a picture directly through the spotting scope. The quality of the image is not very good, but by cropping and sharpening the photo the outline of the blue triangular frame is just barely visible. I put a red circle around it in the photo below: We are suspecting that the outline of this frame is lined with small, white, bulbs that are powered either by a battery or maybe a solar panel/battery combination. Someone went to some trouble to set this up, and we're wondering who did it (excellent prank, by the way!), and when they set it up. No one along our shoreline had seen the light until last night. So, the mystery is partially solved in that we now know it probably wasn't the Alton Town Hall ghost out for a prowl on Rattlesnake, and it probably wasn't a UFO landing. But who did it and when? __________________ DRH

03-02-2010, 03:55 PM	#17
Newbiesaukee Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Coral Gables, winter; Long Island, summer Posts: 1,354 Thanks: 949 Thanked 573 Times in 298 Posts	Rational explanations sure take the fun out of things. But good detective work! Congrats.

03-02-2010, 03:58 PM	#18
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	This is kinda like looking for Sasquatch in the bushs. NB

03-02-2010, 05:17 PM	#19
Argie's Wife Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Alton Posts: 1,908 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 533 Thanked 579 Times in 260 Posts	I dunno... I sharpened this some more and I think we're missing a heck of a party...

03-02-2010, 05:37 PM	#20
callawassiegirl Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Callawassie Island, Sc - October til Ice out --- Sleepers Island, Lake Winnipesaukee, Ice out - Octo Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I knew you'd figure it out... Hi Don.. Glad to see you are keeping busy. I know that Russell and Joyce are back home in ME.. so it wasn't him. Sure wish I could have been on our side of the island to see this....

03-03-2010, 01:57 PM	#25
KBoater Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Wolfeboro Posts: 521 Thanks: 10 Thanked 29 Times in 15 Posts	saucer Island Girl Is Flying Saucer the next mode of transportation to and from the island?? __________________ Home Permanently in NH

03-08-2010, 11:47 AM	#26
SS-194 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Nottingham NH Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	lights on Rattlesnake Well i sure did enjoy reading the thread about the lights on Rattlsnakes Mtn. I skied out to the Island this past weekend and Sunday we hiked to the top. And not to ruin anyones fun but yes there is 4 pieces or rebar formed into a triangle with 3 solar collectors and a string of Christmas lights. It faces west kinda towards Gunstock. The rebar is wrapped in green tape maybe to help hide it in the daylight,I don't know. But It sure was an adventure for my 12 year old to go up the Mtn with a mission. No signs of Aliens. I think she was hoping on finding Edward from Twighlight though.

03-02-2010, 11:43 AM	#29
Slickcraft Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Welch Island and The Taylor Community Posts: 3,311 Thanks: 1,230 Thanked 2,099 Times in 958 Posts	Town Hall Ghost I think that the Alton Town Hall ghost was out for an evening fly around. Maybe a case of cabin fever and too many Girl Scout cookies. Should the incident be reported here? http://www.paranormalnews.com/