The timing for the end to this interminable winter depends on which woodchuck you choose to believe.
Buckeye Chuck
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Groundhog Day dilemma: Phil and Buckeye Chuck offer conflicting views
So which woodchuck do you believe? Punxsutawney Phil on Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania emerged (or more aptly, was pulled) from his straw-filled lair Sunday morning and claimed through his Punxsutawney Groundhog Club members that he did indeed see his shadow. According to legend, that means six more weeks of winter are on the way, […]
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An early spring is official: Punxsutawney Phil fails to ‘see his shadow’
Welcome to an early spring. If you put your beliefs in the meteorological knowledge of a woodchuck in western Pennsylvania, that is. Punxsutawney Phil, the granddaddy of all weather-predicting whistlepigs, allegedly failed to see his shadow Friday morning when he was yanked from his warm burrow at Gobbler’s Knob during the annual Groundhog Day festivities. […]