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If it seems like you're heard this story of a New Jersey groundhog dying before, that's not just a Groundhog Day effect: in 2016, Sussex County's prognosticator, Stonewall Jackson, died on The animal prognosticator passed away on Sunday, days before he was supposed to make his annual Groundhog Day appearance on Feb. 2. On Sunday, the groundhog's official Facebook page confirmed Mel died just before Groundhog Day, leaving his community in central New Jersey "at a tough time of year, when most of his fellow groundhogs are hibernating." In a Facebook post, the wranglers Milltown Mel, one of New Jersey's weather-predicting groundhogs, died Sunday — just days before the big annual ceremony. His death was announced on the groundhog's official Facebook page. It Stonewall Jackson, a groundhog who handled the annual weather forecast at the Space Farms Zoo and Museum in Sussex County, died on the night before Groundhog Day in 2016. Thank you for relying on The new, Americanized tradition remained alive until the first official trek to today’s Groundhog Day location at Gobbler’s Knob in 1887, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. The weather-predicting groundhog died just before his annual big day. On Groundhog Day, tradition holds that if a groundhog sees its shadow, we can expect six more weeks of winter. If it seems like you're heard this story of a New Jersey groundhog dying before, that's not just a Groundhog Day effect: in 2016, Sussex County's prognosticator, Stonewall Jackson, died on Groundhog Eve, according to NJ.com. Mel spent last year's Groundhog Day in quarantine, due to the pandemic. But that didn't stop him from predicting an early A beloved Canadian groundhog, Fred la marmotte, was found dead before he could complete a North American tradition of predicting the onset of spring on Groundhog Day on Thursday. A Feb. 2 Groundhog Day affair has been officially canceled in Milltown, New Jersey, after the star attraction died just two days before his big moment. It was a somber Groundhog Day in Canada, as Fred la marmotte – the beloved groundhog who predicted weather – was found dead hours before he could take part in his annual tradition. The passing of Elsa, an African Pygmy Hedgehog, comes just three years after another popular rodent from New Jersey — groundhog Milltown Mel — died before his big day in the spotlight. Following the news of the groundhog’s death, people on social media have expressed their condolences, while noting that the timing may be a sign that a brutal winter is still yet to come. The second Mel died just before Groundhog Day 2022. The state confiscated his replacement just a few months later. So yet another hollow Feb. 2nd will pass in Milltown without the glory of a Quebec's furry forecaster, Fred la Marmotte died during hibernation before he was able to deliver his Feb. 2, 2023 prediction for Groundhog Day. Fans of Groundhog Day will be happy to know that its shining star, Punxsutawney Phil, has not died in 2022. Indeed, the famous animal emerged from his burrow on Feb. 2, 2022, and saw his shadow, predicting another extra six weeks of winter. READ MORE: Milltown Mel dies before his big day. As a result of the law, Milltown officials posted on Facebook the current law "does not allow us to legally obtain a groundhog." It is with a heavy heart we report that local celebrity Mel the Groundhog (a.k.a. Milltown Mel, named after his hometown of Milltown, New Jersey) has died, per NPR. The news broke just one day Punxsutawney Phil’s New Jersey counterpart dies right before Groundhog Day On the eve of the annual Groundhog Day festivities and Mel’s big day, it was announced that Mel — the bucktoothed weather forecaster — had shuffled off this mortal coil. If it seems like you're heard this story of a New Jersey groundhog dying before, that's not just a Groundhog Day effect: in 2016, Sussex County's prognosticator, Stonewall Jackson, died on Groundhog Eve, according to NJ.com. Mel spent last year's Groundhog Day in quarantine, due to the pandemic. But that didn't stop him from predicting an early
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