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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 Punxsutawney Phil prepares his forecast for Groundhog Day, but Alabama's possum, Sand Mountain Sam, has a better track record.Punxsutawney Phil resides in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, but once a year, the spotlight shines bright across his fur. 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! 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. 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. Sand Mountain Sam’s past Groundhog Day predictions Description: Sand Mountain Sam is a possum who has predicted the weather every Groundhog Day since 1993 in Albertville, Alabama, for radio station 105.1 WGSB. Every year a new Sam is caught for the ceremony and then released back into the wild after they make their prediction. Albertville, AL- "Sand Mountain Sam," an Alabama possum, has emerged earlier than Punxsutawney Phil by one day, and made his own prediction about the upcoming weather. Sand Mountain Sam, the weather prognisticating possum, did not see his shadow at Possum Day festivities Friday, indicating northeast Alabama is in for an early spring. Anthony Campbell The big crowds and pomp and circumstance of Possum Day can be a bit much for a young possum like Sam, but handler Lulu Lester was a comfort to Sam. People held signs saying things like “I Love You Sam” and “Punxsutawney Who,” poking at the star of the nearly 140-year-old Pennsylvania ceremony that draws most of the national attention each Feb. 2. (Phil the groundhog saw his shadow Thursday morning, by the way, foretelling six more weeks of winter.) Huntsville, Alabama (WAFF) — Groundhog Day is Saturday, but people in Albertville, Alabama didn’t have to wait for a prediction on an early Spring or six more weeks of winter. Punxsutawney Phil prepares his forecast for Groundhog Day, but Alabama's possum, Sand Mountain Sam, has a better track record. Punxsutawney Phil resides in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, but once a How accurate are the groundhogs? Alabama's possum is more accurate.Subscribe to WVTM on YouTube now for more: more Birmingham news: 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. The Birmingham Zoo held its annual Groundhog Day celebration Friday with its 1-year-old opossum predicting whether or not spring will come early. The Birmingham zoo is celebrating Groundhog Day 2021 with Birmingham Jill, an opossum. The zoo will air the possum’s predictions on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at 10 a.m. on its Facebook page. RECOMMENDED Birmingham Jill, an opossum at the Birmingham Zoo, takes her turn in the spotlight on Groundhog's Day 2019. Groundhog Day on Feb. 2 is when Punxsutawney Phil comes out of its burrow in Pennsylvania to determine when winter will end. Alabama's Sand Mountain Sam (possum). Just like for Groundhog Day in other countries, it is said that the weather on Chandeleur day allows us to predict the weather that will come later. There are many French proverbs on Chandeleur day, such as “On Candlemas Day, winter either dies or become stronger.” Or “if there is dew on Candlemas day, winter is ending.” 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. A tradition at the Birmingham Zoo since 1990, the annual winter Groundhog Day forecast was made famous in the Magic City by the Zoo’s lovable and cuddly groundhog Birmingham Bill. According to Bhamwiki, the first Groundhog Day celebration in Birmingham began thirty-one years ago at the zoo in 1990.
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