Boulder's 'Flatiron Freddy' Makes Groundhog Day Prediction
Forget Punxatawney Phil, Boulder has its own animal to help predict the weather: Flatiron Freddy. Boulder's top-hatted Freddy also, like his eastern cousin Phil, predicted another six weeks of winter on February 2, 2021, Groundhog Day. Freddy, however, is a marmot. Marmots are rodents that are related to the squirrel family. They are like giant ground squirrels. Boulder has been having [a] Flatirons Freddy predict how many more weeks the area has left since 2010. This year's Freddy was sure to abide by COVID-19 precautions and donned a mask, before seeing his shadow. Did you know that Fort Co...