This year was the 139th year in the history of the famous woodchuck doing so, also given the name Groundhog Day. This year, he had seen his shadow resulting in the prediction of a longer winter.

Thousands of people scrutinized Phil, a photogenic yet inscrutable animal, for any hint of his prediction — and then it came: Phil saw his shadow ... to 1887. Groundhog Day enthusiasts employ ...

The Groundhog Day tradition that began with German settlers in Pennsylvania, based on a German custom involving a hedgehog seeing its shadow. Since there were no hedgehogs in America, German ...