day of february 2017, the 131st annual
trek of Punxsutawney groundhog club
before one of the largest crowds in the
history of Groundhog Day.
Punxsutawney Phil, the seer of seers,
prognosticator of all prognosticators, was
awakened from his grove to the cheers
of his thousands of faithful followers.
In groundhog-ese, he directed the President and
the inner circle to his prediction scroll, which reads:
"At Gobblers Knob on Groundhog Day we
celebrate a worldwide holiday. It's
mighty cold weather you've been braving,
is it winter or is it summer you're
craving? Since we've been up all night
and starting to toddle, I Punxy Phil
shall not dawdle. My faithful followers,
I clearly see a perfect, clear shadow of
me. Six more weeks of winter
it shall be.
He has spoken.