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Groundhog Club handler John Griffiths holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Phil saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter weather. See the story here. -
A crowd of Punxsutawney Phil fans wait in the early morning of Feb. 2, 2012 on Gobbler's Knob for the weather prognosticating groundhog to appear, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa. -
Groundhog Club handler John Griffiths, right, holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, for pictures with Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Phil saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter weather. -
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, left, and his wife Susan arrive on Gobbler's Knob during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day on Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Weather prognosticating groundhog Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter weather. -
Fred Unger of York, Pa., waits in the early morning of Feb. 2, 2012 on Gobbler's Knob for weather prognosticating groundhog Punxsutawney Phil to appear, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa. -
Groundhog Club handler Ron Ploucha holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Phil saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter weather. -
Groundhog Club handler Ron Ploucha holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Phil saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter weather. -
Groundhog Club handler John Griffiths holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Phil saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter weather. -
Groundhog Club handler John Griffiths holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Phil saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter weather. -
Groundhog Club handler Ron Ploucha holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012. Phil saw his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of winter weather. -
Al Donst, of Belvidere, NJ., waits in the early morning of Feb. 2, 2012 on Gobbler's Knob for weather prognosticating groundhog Punxsutawney Phil to appear, during the 126th celebration of Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa. -
FROM THE PAST: Punxsutawney Phil is held by handler Bill Deeley as he greets some of the thousands who spent the night on Gobbler's Knob to witness his weather prediction at sunrise Monday, Feb. 2, 1998, in Punxsutawney, Pa. Phil saw a shadow and called for six more weeks of winter weather. -
FROM THE PAST: Punxsutawney Phil is held by his handler, Bill Deeley, after emerging from his burrow on Gobbler's Knob at sunrise Monday, Feb. 2, 1998, in Punxsutawney, Pa. Phil saw his shadow Monday, predicting six more weeks of winter weather, according to folklore. -
FROM THE PAST: In this Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 file photo, Punxsutawney Phil, the weather predicting groundhog, center, stands on the shoulder of one of his handlers John Griffiths while looking at other handler Ben Hughes, after the Groundhog Club claimed that Phil did not see his shadow and winter has ended on Groundhog Day in Punxsutawney, Pa. -
FROM THE PAST: John Griffiths, a handler of the weather-predicting groundhog Punxsutawney Phil, holds Phil in the air after removing him from his stump at Gobbler's Knob on Groundhog Day, Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, in Punxsutawney, Pa. The Groundhog Club said Phil saw his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter. -
FROM THE PAST: In this file photo from Feb. 2, 2011, Punxsutawney Phil, the weather predicting groundhog, is seen on his stump during the annual Groundhog Day festivities in Punxsutawney, Pa. The Groundhog Club claimed that Phil did not see his shadow last year and predicted that winter had ended. This year, the unseasonably warm temperatures and a marked lack of snow this year would seem to put less pressure on Phil.
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