Groundhog Day Celebrations Throughout

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long-weekend tourists could bring in closer to $5 million.Another measure of success? Accuracy. That is how good is Phil really? It kind of depends on who you ask. According to the Inner Circle Phil holds an impressive 100% accuracy rate but his record may be closer to 80% accurate. What does that mean? Well if a prediction is wrong it was clearly the person in charge of translating Phil’s Groundhogese not Phil himself who messed up. More impartial sources boast that Phil has been right 50% of the time over the last decade with the groundhog’s total accuracy ranging between 35% and 40%.




Groundhog Day Celebrations Throughout the CountryUndoubtedly the celebrations Belize WhatsApp Number in Punxsutawney involve the most pomp and circumstance. Phil and his wife Phyliss who call the Punxsutawney Memorial Library home are the biggest burrowing celebs — so much so that Phil sips an eternal life-giving elixir to stay youthful. Since the 1960s members of Phil’s Inner Circle who handle Phil and read out his predictions in the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect have shown their respect by donning top hats and suits on the day.Photo Courtesy Jeff Swensen.,





Getty ImagesBut this lighthearted suspension of disbelief isn’t contained to Pennsylvania. In fact groundhogs throughout the United States and Canada have tried their paws at predicting how the seasons will shake out. Some of our favorites include Nova Scotia native Shubenacadie Sam who being so far east gets to make the day’s first prediction; Wiarton Willie an albino groundhog from Ontario; and Staten Island Chuck who first rose to notoriety in 2009 when he bit then-New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg — and later made scandalous headlines again when Mayor Bill de Blasio dropped the critter.