OAN Staff Abril Elfi
12:00 PM – Sunday, February 2, 2025
Punxsutawney Phil has made his annual winter weather prediction.
On Sunday, Groundhog Day, Pennsylvania’s “official state meteorologist” Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, predicting 6 more weeks of winter.
Earlier this week, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) sought to replace the Groundhog Day tradition with a vegan “weather reveal” cake.
Governor Josh Shapiro (D-Pa.) spoke early on during the annual festivities at Gobbler’s Knob, rebuffing PETA’s demands.
“There’s some folks out there who said we should take this great tradition that stretches all the way back to the 1880s and get rid of Phil and replace him with a cake,” Shapiro said in front of thousands of people. “If anybody comes for Phil, they’re gonna have to go through me and all of you. Am I right?”
Since 1887, Groundhog Day has been celebrated in the United States. Thousands of observers flock to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, every year on February 2nd to see Phil predict the weather.
Last year, Phil announced that he did not see his shadow, marking a rare prediction for an early spring.
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