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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. Milltown Mel, a groundhog who has for years offered his weather predictions on Groundhog Day, has died, his handlers say. They say Mel "recently crossed over the rainbow bridge" — and their Punxsutawney Phil is the best-known groundhog who has been making predictions since 1886, according to Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. The Groundhog Day tradition as we know it dates to 1887. Groundhog Day is a tradition that has taken place annually in the town of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania since Feb. 2, 1987. A groundhog, also known as a woodchuck, is brought out at sunrise to make a prediction on how the remaining winter will play out. 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. 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. Since the 1880s, Groundhog Day has been observed on Feb. 2. It's been a tradition to call the mini-weather forecaster Punxsutawney Phil from a stump to find out if winter is almost finished. A Kentucky groundhog died on Groundhog Day — just days after predicting an early spring.. Major, a nearly 10-year-old rodent meteorologist living at the Second Chances Wildlife Center Kentucky's newest weather predictor has big shoes to fill after Major, 10, dies on Groundhog Day When is Groundhog Day 2024? Groundhog Day will take place Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Thousands will show up in person, with the grounds to Gobblers Knob opening at 3 a.m., and millions will tune in to see if Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow on Feb. 2 each year. More:Where to watch Bill Murray's 1993 classic movie 'Groundhog Day' for Groundhog Day 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 The history and origin of Groundhog Day; How Groundhog Day works; Untimely Groundhog Day deaths. Milton Mel has been giving his predictions since 2009 when the town began its own Groundhog Day I n the absence of Milltown Mel, who died hours before Groundhog Day, Groundhog Phil has made his prediction that winter will last until the middle of February.. This folkloric event takes place 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 Sir Groundhog was an astranged fellow on the day. T'was groundhog day, and he was late. Rushing for his comb to brush his fur, he splintered past his ears in the furry flurry. His paws almost slid across his burrow, as he brushed his teeth. 2 minutes. That was the time he had left. The observance of Groundhog Day in the United States first occurred in German communities in Pennsylvania, according to known records. The earliest mention of Groundhog Day is an entry on February 2, 1840, in the diary of James L. Morris of Morgantown, in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, according to the book on the subject by Don Yoder. This was a Major the groundhog lived at Second Chances Wildlife Center in Bullitt County after he was rescued as a baby. Sadly, the center reports Major died overnight at 10 years old. 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. For the fifth year in a row, a New Jersey borough has had to cancel its beloved Groundhog Day celebration for a simple, and pretty important, reason: They don’t have a groundhog. A groundhog at a Kentucky wildlife rehabilitation center died on Groundhog Day, Friday, only a few days after predicting an early spring. Major the groundhog was 10 years old and lived at the
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