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Groundhog Sees His Shadow
By
KSPR News
Story Created:
Feb 2, 2009 at 7:42 AM CST
Story Updated:
Feb 2, 2009 at 1:29 PM CST
PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) - The world's most famous groundhog has seen his shadow which, legend has it, means this already long
winter will last for six more weeks.
Punxsutawney Phil's forecast was announced
in front of thousands of revelers gathered at Gobbler's Knob in
Punxsutawney, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. They gathered Monday morning in near freezing temperatures, with many revelers buoyed by the Super Bowl victory by the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday night.
German tradition holds that if a hibernating animal casts a
shadow on February 2, the Christian holiday of Candlemas, winter
would last another six weeks. If no shadow was seen, legend said
spring would come early.
Since 1887, Phil has seen his shadow 97 times, hasn't seen it 15 times, and there are no records for nine years, according to the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
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