What Happens if the Groundhog Sees his Shadow?
According to the eighteenth century tradition, if the groundhog sees his shadow on February 2nd, there will be six more weeks of winter. If the groundhog does not see his shadow, spring will come soon. One can imagine that in the depths of winter, people would look for any clue that spring might come sooner rather than later. The tradition came from German settlers in Pennsylvania, who took the Groundhog Day legend from the legend of Candlemas Day, which says that if the sun shines on February 2nd, it will be snowy long into May. View Wiarton Willie on Webcam, Punxsutawney Phil’s Predictions North America’s most famous groundhogs are Punxsutawney Phil at Gobbler’s Knob and Wiarton Willie. Punxsutawney Phil has his own web site with videos of each past Groundhog Day ceremony. Not to be outdone, Wiarton also has a web site with a link to his Youtube Predictions every year. He also has a web cam site where children and adults will both delight in watching the groundhog snooze and shuffle