Punxsutawney Phil says there will be 6 more weeks of winter Share Updated: 7:39 AM EST Feb 2, 2021 Associated Press Share Updated: 7:39 AM EST Feb 2, 2021
Hide Transcript Share Updated: 7:39 AM EST Feb 2, 2021 Associated Press There will be six more weeks of winter Punxsutawney Phil predicted as he emerged from his burrow on a snowy Tuesday morning to perform his Groundhog Day duties.One of the members of Phil s “inner circle” spoke before his prediction was revealed, noting that it s been a “unique year. “People have been referencing Groundhog Day. It has felt like at times we re all living the same day over and over again,” one of the members said. “Groundhog Day also shows us that the monotony ends. The cycle will be broken.”“Today actually is Groundhog Day, there s only one,” he added. “There is quite literally a new day coming over the horizon.”The spectacle that is Groundhog Day at Gobbler
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Not even the COVID-19 pandemic, nor snow, could keep Punxsutawney Phil from getting his job done on Groundhog Day on Tuesday.
The great weather-predicting groundhog could not be stopped, forecasting six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow during the annual spectacle at Gobbler s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.
While the event usually draws thousands to the borough in Jefferson County some 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh this year s festivities were all virtual.
The exception: About a dozen members of Phil s Inner Circle, a group of men in top hats who organize the event each year. Along with the Inner Circle, some cardboard cutouts of some previous attendees were placed around the tiny hill just outside Punxsutawney.
It is Groundhog Day in the US – virtually.
The annual ritual held at Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania, to see if a famous groundhog will emerge from his burrow and portend the end of winter will be held on Tuesday.
But this year, because of Covid-19, Groundhog Day – made famous in the 1993 film of the same name – will be off limits to the public and conducted virtually, with viewers able to watch online thanks to the Pennsylvania Tourism Office.
In an event dating back to 1887, each year on February 2 onlookers have made their way to the hill, near the town of Punxsutawney, north-east of Pittsburgh, to watch for a sign of the end of winter from a groundhog.
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Groundhog handlers will bring the winter prognosticator Punxsutawney Phil out Tuesday morning to look for his shadow, but the event at Gobbler’s Knob in the groundhog’s namesake town in Pennsylvania will be livestreamed due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images, File)
LOS ANGELES, CA Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, is a long drive from Los Angeles, and that alone reduces the odds of jumping in the car and traveling there to see what the city s famous marmot predicts about the end of winter on Groundhog Day on Tuesday.
According to the Groundhog Day legend, winter will hang on another six weeks if the rodent sees his shadow, and spring will be just around the corner if he doesn t.
It is Groundhog Day in the US – virtually.
The annual ritual held at Gobbler’s Knob, Pennsylvania, to see if a famous groundhog will emerge from his burrow and portend the end of winter will be held on Tuesday.
But this year, because of Covid-19, Groundhog Day – made famous in the 1993 film of the same name – will be off limits to the public and conducted virtually, with viewers able to watch online thanks to the Pennsylvania Tourism Office.
In an event dating back to 1887, each year on February 2 onlookers have made their way to the hill, near the town of Punxsutawney, north-east of Pittsburgh, to watch for a sign of the end of winter from a groundhog.