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The “official state meteorologist” of Pennsylvania, Punxsutawney Phil, saw its shadow on Sunday morning, predicting six more weeks more winter.
The joy of Sunday was prognosis 138 in Punxsutawney, located in Jefferson County. The festivities began at 6 in the morning in a cold of 20 degrees, and Phil made his appearance to the anxious crowd at 7:22 am, included song, dance, live music and fireworks to expand the crowd before Phil’s prediction.
Governor Josh Shapiro, D-Pa., He spoke from the beginning during the annual festivities in the Gobbler knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, who rejected people for the ethical treatment of the demands of the animals (PETA) to replace the beloved Animal with something vegan.
“There are some people who said we should take this great tradition that goes back to the 1880s and get rid of Phil and replace it with a cake,” Shapiro said in front of thousands of people. “If someone comes for Phil, they will have to check me all. Am I right?”
Governor Josh Shapiro, D-Pa., He speaks at an event of Marmota Day in Pennsylvania on February 2, 2025. (Gobbler Paya)
Shapiro added that last year he declared Phil The “Official State Meteorologist” and that the marmot “is never wrong with the weather.” He made fun of making marmot’s day an official state vacation.
The governor has been available for each marmot day ceremony In Punxsutawney Since he assumed the position in 2023.
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A great crowd attends an event of Marmota Day in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 2025. (Gobbler Paya)
Peta president, Ingrid Newkirk, told the New York Post that Phil is denied the traditional lifestyle of a marmot “for an old tired trick.”
While marmot day is considered a National Holiday And he has even popularized in the classic 1993 film Bill Murray of the same name, the day, and Phil himself, occupies a special place in the hearts of many Pennsylvanians.
The annual climate prediction ceremony is organized by the Groundhog Club circle, a group of local dignitaries who care for Punxsutawney Phil and help organize special festivities.
Punxsutawney Phil saw its shadow during the celebration of the Marmot Day in the Gobbler knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on February 2, 2025. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu agency through Getty Images)
Although the prediction of the Punxsutawney Phil climate is the one that meets to see, the marmot prediction is done before the great moment by the group in the Gobbler knob, a place very close to Punxsutawney, about 65 miles of Pittsburgh.
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In addition to the great ceremony in western Pennsylvania, throughout the rest of the Commonwealth, many historically German communities of Pennsylvania host a “Grungsau Lodsch” or Marmota accommodation.
Carles Creitz and Ashlyn Messier of Fox News contributed to this report.
