PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. — Brace yourself for more wintry weather. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Saturday, leading the groundhog to forecast six more weeks of winter.

The rodent was pulled from his stump by members of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club Inner Circle, top-hat- and tuxedo-wearing businessmen who carry out the tradition.

Each Feb. 2, thousands of people descend on Punxsutawney, a town of about 6,100 people some 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, to celebrate what had essentially been a German superstition.

The tradition is that if a hibernating animal sees a shadow on Feb. 2 — the Christian holiday of Candlemas — winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says spring will come early.

That was the forecast from Gen. Beauregard Lee, Punxsutawney Phil's counterpart in Lilburn, Ga. Beau did not see his shadow Saturday morning at the Yellow River Game Ranch.

It was the third year in a row the two groundhogs' predictions differed.
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PS: What better way to celebrate today than watching Groundhog Day...it's on now!

This is a tradition that needs to die.

the movie is AWESOME

I fucking love that movie. Have it on DVD. People either love it or HATE it. There's no in between.

PHIL!
PHIL CONNORS!?

I'm in between on it. I would much rather be on a walk right who than watching it.

Lamp said:

Seriously. I'm hoping one year that groundhog bites off someone's finger.

One of the best movies ever!

MOARLIEK GROUNDHOG GAY AMIRITE

Yourite.

that's it folks, endless winter

it gets a little sappy but still brilliant.

There hasn't even been a winter yet.

Yeah, that

I keep hoping for days of snow.

This makes me want to go varmint hunting.

I smell varmint poon tang...and the only good varmint poon tang is dead varmint poon tang

Imbolc > Groundhog Day

good, i havent had a chance to play pond hockey or go ice climbing yet this winter.

Pond hockey is terrible for your blades.

i use my skates maybe 5 times a year, it wont be the end of the world.

I mostly just go public skating nowadays. I don't know enough people to rent a rink for an hour and play in full gear with goalies.

yeah, i go public skating a handful of times throughout the year, and i havent played pond hockey since middle school, but this year i made a big to-do, invited a bunch of friends, who, in turn invited their friends.....and the ice isnt even safe yet.