The groundhog can keep sleeping — Sand Mountain Sam stepped in.This docile opossum woke up at Bama Bucks to predict if there will be six more weeks of winter — and the event was done "in a hillbilly kind of a way," according to the restaurant and deer farm.Watch the full event above.Sam didn't see his shadow - which means an early spring! News; When is Groundhog Day 2025? Will Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow? What does that mean? Published: Jan. 30, 2025, 12:25 p.m. Birmingham Jill the 2021 Groundhog Day forecaster. (Birmingham Zoo) Smith Lake Jake and Birmingham Jill are back in business! On January 31 and February 2, the two furry friends are set to make their weather projections for the year. Keep reading to learn more about these events and how you can celebrate Groundhog Day. In line with the famous groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, Sand Mountain Sam has predicted an early spring for 2024. He’s an opossum from Albertville, and Sand Mountain Sam has predicted the coming of spring on Groundhog Day since 1993, according to CountdownToGroundhodgDay.com. More about Sand Mountain Sam SARDIS CITY, Ala. - It’s Groundhog Day and that means it’s time to head to Sardis City, Alabama, to hear from everyone’s favorite meteorologist, Sand Mountain Sam. Many people are familiar with Punxsutawney Phil, but not many people know about Sand Mountain Sam in Marshall County. Groundhog Day is a longstanding tradition that is said to “predict” our weather for the next few months. Legend has it that if the groundhog sees its shadow, we’re in for six more weeks of winter. But, if it doesn’t, spring is on the way. Read on to see what our Alabama groundhogs had to say. SARDIS CITY, Ala. (WHNT) — North Alabama’s Groundhog Day mascot, Sand Mountain Sam, did not see his shadow! Early Friday morning in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow Sand Mountain Sam is a legendary prognosticating opossum from Albertville, Alabama, who has been making predictions for over a decade. In 2020, the state game warden nearly cancelled the tradition (usually, having a possum as a pet is against the law), but in 2022 Sam returned, emerging from a whiskey barrel to predict an early spring. SARDIS CITY, Ala. (WHNT) — North Alabama’s Groundhog Day mascot, Sand Mountain Sam, did not see his shadow! Early Friday morning in Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil did not see his shadow It simply was a chance to have a little fun centered on Alabama’s favorite marsupial, Sam being an opossum. (The initial “o” was nowhere to be seen, mind you.) There was a Possum Queen (Sardis High School student Morgan Howington) and her court; entertainment (bluegrass pickin’, harmonica and spoons playing, clogging and hamboning; and The first half of the Groundhog Day Community Celebration will end with a discussion and workshop on community stories. This will include a talk by well-known storyteller Fred Hunter, who hosted “Absolutely Alabama” for 25 years and continues telling stories through his podcast and newsletter “Fred Hunter’s Alabama.” Jake is now a resident of Graysville.His last public Groundhog Day forecast was in Huntsville on February 2, 2022. Now, the best groundhog forecaster south of Punxsutawney, PA will be meeting with Graysville Mayor Julio Davis and the City Council to host the first-ever Graysville Groundhog Day ceremony. Groundhog Day 2022: Birmingham Bill is too tired to see his shadow. Updated: Feb. 02, RECOMMENDED • al.com. Last-minute rain keeps October from being record dry Nov. 1, 2024, 7:07 a.m. Feeling like spring this week in Alabama ahead of Groundhog Day. WVTM 13 Birmingham. Will the groundhog see his shadow Sunday? Story by Brylee Brown • 11h. S unday, Feb. 2, is Groundhog Day, but About edwardsoule The Rev. Dr. Edward A. Soule has recently been pastor of Big Cove Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Brownsboro, AL. He retired as a United Methodist pastor who served 28 years as a minister in churches around the North Alabama Conference of the United Methodist Church. SARDIS CITY — While the rest of America waited for Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil to reveal his weather prediction on Groundhog Day Friday, folks in North Alabama gathered to see what Sand Mountain Sam had to say. Groundhog Day’s Punxsutawney Phil can move over. North Alabama has its own unique mascot. Sand Mountain Sam, an opossum from Albertville, will make his weather prediction for the rest of winter this Friday. Two more Groundhog Day predictions from animals here in the Tennessee Valley. Huntsville, AL 35801 (256) 533-4848; Public Inspection File. PUBLICFILE@WAFF.COM Pennsylvania has your Groundhog Day Celebrations. And Texas has some Wine Festivals worth checking out. Here’s what to look for in each state this weekend: Alabama Mardi Gras Celebrations Arkansas Frost Fest Colorado Music Festivals Delaware Fire and Ice Festival Florida Music Festivals, the Renaissance and more. Georgia Irish Fest. Oyster If February 2 is a sunny day in Texas and Bob casts a shadow then there will be six more weeks of winter. If it's cloudy and he doesn't cast a shadow, then spring will come early. "We don't need no mangy groundhog in Pennsylvania predicting the weather for us," founder of a Groundhog Day succession movement, T. Booth said. To add to the fanfare
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