Punxsutawney Phil prepares to make his annual Groundhog Day winter weather forecast
Punxsutawney Phil’s winter weather forecast will be released sometime after sunrise Friday at Gobbler’s Knob, home of the nation’s largest and most famous Groundhog Day celebration. annual event This leaves Phil’s handlers, members of a club with roots in the late 19th century, wondering if the groundhog has seen his shadow (heralding six more weeks […]
Animals other than Punxsutawney Phil that will try to predict end of winter on Groundhog Day
Every February 2nd, America looks to a small town in central Pennsylvania to see if a tiny four-legged creature is seeing its shadow. Folklore has it that if Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, there would be six more weeks of winter weather in the country. This groundhog tradition is thought to have started in the […]