The Hit Farm

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil told people to prepare for six more weeks of winter on Thursday, making him the minority opinion among his groundhog brethren who seem to think that spring is Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil emerged from his lair to “see” his shadow on Thursday, in the process predicting six more weeks of [...]

These animals were not readily available in 1887 for the immigrant Germans carried out their traditions in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. They formed a club that carried a groundhog up to Gobblers Knob and proclaimed Phil as the only official weather Groundhog Day is coming Thursday, when Punxsutawney Phil will emerge from his burrow. If he sees [...]