FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2020, file photo, Groundhog Club co-handler Al Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 134th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Due to safety precautions regarding COVID-19 transmission, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club has said there will be no public attendance for the 2021 event.
(AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. โ There will be six more weeks of winter, Punxsutawney Phil predicted as he emerged from his burrow on a snowy Tuesday morning to perform his Groundhog Day duties.
Punxsutawney Phil may be the most famous groundhog seer but he's certainly not the only one.
There are two other high-profile โimposters,โ as the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club calls them, in the region.
Connecticut marked Groundhog Day with a hedgehog making the prediction after the stateโs official groundhog, Chuckles X, died last year.