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KUTZTOWN, Pa.--The spotlight will be on Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania early Friday morning, when handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil will announce whether he saw his own shadow and predicts there’ll be six more weeks of winter — or didn’t, which signals an early spring.
Groundhog Day is an annual tradition where a small mammal predicts the end of winter. But what actually happens on groundhog day?
Groundhog Day is an annual tradition where a small mammal predicts the end of winter. But what actually happens on groundhog day?
It's part of a tradition rooted in European agricultural life, marking the midpoint between the shortest day of the year on the winter solstice and the spring equinox.
The spotlight will be on Gobbler's Knob in western Pennsylvania early Friday morning, when handlers of a groundhog named Punxsutawney Phil will announce whether he saw his own shadow and predicts six more weeks of winter or an early spring.