FOG BLOG GROUNDHOG DAY LOG : SHUBENACADIE SAM PREDICTS MORE WINTER, WIARTON WILLIE SAYS EARLY SPRING

SAINT JOHN NB HAS NO OFFICIAL GROUNDHOG BUT FROM DAYLIGHT TO DARK , IT WAS CLOUDY, SO WE SHOULD HAVE AN EARLY SPRING, WE DESERVE IT BUT WE WILL SEE......Groundhog Day: Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam sees shadow, predicts long winter ahead. By The Canadian Press on February 2, 2022. ... Folklore has it that if a groundhog sees its shadow on Feb. 2, it will retreat into its burrow, heralding six more weeks of wintry weather. Lucy the Lobster also predicts, yes a lobster......she says more winter!.......FRED THE MARMOT IN GASPE: Fred la Marmotte, who hails from Val-d'Espoir in the Gaspésie, saw his small shadow when he emerged. Folklore has it that if a groundhog sees its shadow on Feb. 2, it will retreat into its burrow, heralding six more weeks of wintry weather. No shadow is said to foretell the early arrival of spring-like temperatures........WIARTON WILLIE......GROUNDHOG DAY: Wiarton Willie goes it alone in predicting an early spring........PUNXSUTAWNY PHIL.......There will be six more weeks of winter, Punxsutawney Phil predicted as he emerged from his burrow Wednesday to perform his Groundhog Day duties.

Thousands of people from around the nation and other countries gathered at Gobbler's Knob as members of Punxsutawney Phil's “inner circle” summoned him from his tree stump at dawn to learn if he had seen his shadow, a message they said Phil communicated in “groundhogese.” After Phil's prediction was announced, the crowd repeatedly chanted “six more weeks!”

According to folklore, spring would come early if he didn't see it.

The event took place virtually last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, depriving the community, which is about 65 miles (105 kilometers) northeast of Pittsburgh, of a boost from tourists. It was streamed live and seen by more than 15,000 viewers worldwide at one point. About 150 cardboard cutouts of fans were there to “watch.”.....WOODY THE WOODCHUCK IN MICHIGAN HAD HIS APPEARANCE POSTPONED DUE TO .....WAIT FOR IT.....WINTRY WEATHER!.........THE MOST FAMOUS ONE OF ALL THAT LITTLE GROUNDHOG CALLED PUNXSUTAWNY PHIL PREDICTED THAT THERE WILL BE 6 MORE WEEKS OF WINTER, HE SAW HIS SHADOW..........MOST OF THE GROUNDHOGS SAW THERE SHADOW AND PREDICTED MORE WINTER BUT WIARTON WILLIE'S PREDICTON OF AN EARLY SPRING BY NOT SEEING HIS SHADOW WAS THE MOST OPTOMISTIC ONE OF THEM ALL!.