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The Pennsylvania Lottery's mascot is a groundhog named Gus, referred to in commercials as "the second most famous groundhog in Pennsylvania", in deference to Phil. [26] Because the Groundhog Club Inner Circle has trademarked the use of the name "Punxsutawney Phil", no commercial entity may use the name without the permission from the Inner Phil's predictive skills notwithstanding – the Groundhog Club cheekily claims he has 100% accuracy – the Groundhog Day gathering has become a cornerstone event in Punxsutawney, which has Since Groundhog Day festivities began, Phil has seen his shadow 107 times (signifying six more weeks of winter) and saw no shadow 20 times. For 10 of the 137 years, there’s no record of what happened. Last year, Phil predicted six more weeks of winter, per the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. Groundhog Day 2024: Take, for example: Pisgah Pete, a white squirrel in North Carolina, Connecticut's Scramble the Duck and a beaver at the Oregon Zoo named "Stumpton Fil." Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 137th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Phil’s handlers said that the groundhog has forecast six more weeks of winter. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger) Home of Punxsutawney Phil in the Weather Capital of the World. The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club invites to to celebrate Groundhog Day! Groundhog Day is on Friday, and many eyes will be on the four-legged creature -- who has an accuracy rate of just 39%. Pothole Pete and Staten Island Chuck. Formally known as Charles G. Hogg PETA Proposes Groundhog Day ‘Weather Reveal’ Cake To Retire Punxsutawney Phil, Club Responds Punxsutawney Phil may soon be out of a job—if PETA has its way. The animal rights organization sent a letter on Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, urging the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club to retire its famed groundhog to a sanctuary and replace him with a 3 min read. What’s better at predicting the weather than an exhausted, frightened groundhog? Just about everything. So PETA contacted The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club’s president, Tom Dunkel, with a sweet offer: Retire Punxsutawney Phil and his family to a reputable wildlife sanctuary, and we’ll provide a giant vegan “Weather Reveal” cake every year for revelers at Gobbler’s Knob to Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, at a Groundhog Day celebration in 2023. PETA is once again calling for a change to the rodent-themed tradition. Attendance at the town’s annual groundhog event ballooned from 1,000 people to more than 35,000. The film also created a modern idiom—the repetition of a monotonous or unpleasant situation is said to be experiencing a Groundhog Day—even though repetition has nothing to do with the tradition of Groundhog Day other than its annual observance. PETRONILA, Texas — While Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter for the country, our South Texas groundhog, Petronila Pete, predicted the opposite. PETA activists are calling for Punxsutawney Phil, the region's fluffiest weather predictor, to be replaced with a vegan "weather reveal cake" during Sunday's annual Groundhog Day celebration in What: “Groundhog Day,” the musical When: Friday, Jan. 31-Sunday, Feb. 23. Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Where "It was just a fun way for us to think about, 'Oh, the summer's coming to an end but let's see if we can have just one last little fun hurrah,' and maybe Passy predicts six more weeks of summer, in which case all the people will flock back to Belfast, or maybe it's an early winter like this year," Crabiel said. 2024 Prediction: Long Winter 2023 Prediction: Long Winter 2022 Prediction: Early Spring 2021 Prediction: Long Winter 2020 Prediction: Long Winter 2019 Prediction: Early Spring Will It Be Sunny Or Cloudy On Groundhog Day In Florida? - St. Pete, FL - Groundhog Day 2024 is Feb. 2. If the animal meteorologist sees its shadow, Florida is in for another six weeks of winter. Sure, it’s Superbowl Sunday, the biggest television event of the year, but it’s also GROUNDHOG DAY! Groundhog Day is one of my favorite holidays of the year: it’s low-key, non-commercialized, and you get to watch the excellent 1993 move Groundhog Day, in which a cynical anti-hero Phil Connors is cursed to repeat a day he hates in a town Pardon-me-Pete's Groundhog Day song from Jack Frost Pardon-Me-Pete is an anthropomorphic groundhog, who acts as the Narrator of the Rankin/Bass special Jack Frost. He is the Official Groundhog of Groundhog's Day in
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