Rodent reaffirms winter, meteorologists undeterred

Proving that Pennsylvanians desperately need more to do, once again, an animal was subject to unnecessary agitation by bored folks. The weather pattern remains unchanged.

Hauled out of his stump at Gobbler’s Knob, before daylight, by a bunch of oddly dressed men, Punxsutawney Phil has done his thing, while meteorology continues to exist.

The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club says that when Phil is deemed to have not seen his shadow, that means there will be an early spring. When he does see it, it’s six more weeks of winter.

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