1:51 N.S. groundhog, lobster agree on 6 more weeks of winter Watch: On this Groundhog Day, a Nova Scotian lobster is making her own predictions for winter. Shelley Steeves was on Cape Sable Island This Groundhog Day, Nova Scotians decided to let a lobster take a crack at predicting the seasons, in addition to the traditional groundhog. In front of an appreciative audience, Lucy the Lobster crawled out of the ocean onto the South Shore and — after a little help climbing aloft a lobster trap — failed to see her shadow, predicting an Among the many highlights of this festive season is Lucy the Lobster, South Shore ‘s answer to the traditional Groundhog Day predictor. Lucy, taking center stage since 2018, emerges from the chilly Atlantic waters on Groundhog Day, and her behaviour is observed to predict whether spring will arrive early or winter will persist. Only in Nova Scotia can you get a groundhog squaring off against a lobster about weather predictions! The Weather Network's Nathan Coleman introduces Nova Scotia's Groundhog Day stars! 0:51 Groundhog Day: Lucy the Lobster says six more weeks of winter. Trending Now. Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump shot, killed by police at traffic stop Lucy the Lobster is a weather predicting lobster from Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia. Lucy the Lobster - Barrington Passage, Nova Scotia Find out what your groundhog name would be with our Groundhog Name Generator . Lucy the Lobster makes Groundhog Day predictions on February 2nd to kick off the Lobster Crawl festival in Barrington, Nova Scotia. The Municipality of Barrington says Lucy is the only prognosticating crustacean to make a prediction in Canada. Bill Murray was reported as being bemused by the idea of a lobster forecaster. Instead of a groundhog, event organizers brought Lucy the Lobster to make a winter weather prediction, a Facebook video shared on the morning of Thursday, Feb. 2, shows. Crawling out of the water Nova Scotia's Lucy the Lobster made a very different Groundhog Day prediction than Shubenacadie Sam, signalling six more weeks of winter. Lucy the lobster has been making her Groundhog Day predictions for a few years to kick off the Lobster Crawl. In 2020 Bill Murray, star of the 1993 movie Groundhog Day, even chimed in about Lucy in an article in the Wall Street Street Journal. Murray said he saw nothing wrong with tweaking the groundhog tradition. Lucy the Lobster has made 6 predictions since 2018.. 5 predictions (83%) of six more weeks of winter; 1 prediction (17%) of early spring; 1 time, Lucy’s prediction went unrecorded There are 82 prognosticators throughout North America: 68 in the USA, and 14 in Canada. Use the map to find your nearest Groundhog Day prognosticator (unless you’re from Saskatchewan — sorry bud). Move over Phil, Sam and Wiarton Willy, Lucy is fresh from the spa just in time for Feb 2nd Groundhog Day here on the South Shore in the Municipality of Barrington, THE 'Lobster Capital of Canada'! Every Feb. 2 since 2018, Lucy the Lobster has crawled out of the ocean on the North East Point waterfront on Cape Sable Island in the Lobster Capital of Canada – a.k.a. the Municipality of Barrington – and with help perched herself on top of a wooden lobster trap for her Groundhog Day prediction. It's time to replace Groundhog Day with Lobster Day Lucy the lobster is the future. By Chloe Bryan on February 2, 2018 Move over Phil, Sam and Wiarton Willy, Lucy is fresh from the spa just in time for Feb 2nd Groundhog Day here on the South Shore in the Municipality of Barrington, THE ‘Lobster Capital of Canada’! In the self-described lobster capital of Canada, Barrington, N.S., a 50-year-old crustacean named Lucy has been making weather predictions on Groundhog Day f Lucy the Lobster makes her sixth Groundhog Day prediction.Story by Kathy Johnson, The Tri-County Vanguard.For more Atlantic Canadian news, visit Only in Nova Scotia can you get a lobster squaring off against a lobster about weather predictions! The Weather Network's Nathan Coleman introduces Nova Scot
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