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Groundhog Day: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts An Early Spring!

Groundhog day 2016Pennsylvania's world-famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, predicted an early spring after emerging from his burrow without seeing his shadow this morning in the Pennsylvania Wilds.

Thousands of fans watched as Phil made his highly anticipated weather prognostication, commemorating 130 years of Pennsylvania's unique Groundhog Day tradition.

According to holiday folklore, if the groundhog emerges in the early morning on February 2 and does not see his shadow, there will be an early spring. If he sees his shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are expected.

The annual event that started with a small group of men known as the Inner Circle now attracts up to 30,000 visitors to Punxsutawney, Jefferson County, located about 80 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in the Pennsylvania Wilds region.

Hear Ye, Hear Ye, Hear Ye

Now, this Second Day of February, Two Thousand and Sixteen, the One Hundred and Thirtieth Annual Trek of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club….

Punxsutawney Phil, the Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of All Prognosticators, was awakened from his borrow to the cheers of his thousands of faithful followers….

In Groundhogese, he directed the President and the Inner Circle to the precise prediction Scroll, which translated reads:

The inner circle goes to great ends
  To keep me abreast of latest trends
Down in my burrow I never get bored
   Riding on my hover board
And I sure have fun flying my drone
  But weather forecasting is my comfort zone
Is this current warm weather more than a trend?
    Per chance this winter has come to an end?
There is no shadow to be cast,
   An early Spring is my forecast!

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