Punxsutawney Phil has spoken: Six more weeks of winter await us.

"I had a feeling we got off a little easy so far this year, it is February," said Pam Hashin, of Schuylkill County. "(But) it is unacceptable to not believe Phil."

"I usually am a big fan of the six more weeks. I like the winter in January, February, but this year in Ohio, it's been mostly rain and mud so I was kind of hoping for the early spring," said Ryan Teti, a native of Coshocton County, Ohio. "I figured if you're not going to give us the snow, then give us more autumn or give us back the summer. I'm tired of the rain and mud."

The beloved groundhog took his position for the 137th time at Gobbler's Knob Thursday morning

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An early spring or six more weeks of winter? Come Feb. 2, Phil will give us the answer.

On Wednesday, the all-knowing Punxsutawney Phil will pop out of his burrow in the ground and let us in on the secret meteorologists have been keeping from us.

Punxsutawney Phil is anticipated to leave his burrow and look for his shadow for the 136th time, according to The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.

The day's festivities will kick off early in the morning with large crowds, a somewhat return to normalcy after last year's event was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Pennsylvania’s world famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, predicted six more weeks of winter on Thursday after seeing hisshadow.

This event is part of an American tradition called “Groundhog Day.” It takes place every February 2 in the small Pennsylvanian town of Punxsutawney.

Since 1886, thousands of people have come together on this day on a hill called “Gobbler’s Knob.” They watch as a groundhog named Phil predicts the length of the winter season. Today was the 131st official Groundhog Day.

A groundhog is a large rodent, and part of a family known asmarmots.

On Groundhog Day, Phil the groundhog comes out of a hole in the earth just after sunrise. As the tradition goes, Phil will then look for his shadow on the ground. If he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of cold weather during winter. If Phil does not see his shadow, warmer weather will arrive soon.

On February 2, 1887, Groundhog Day, featuring a rodent meteorologist, is celebrated for the first time at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. According to tradition, if a groundhog comes out of its hole on this day and sees its shadow, it gets scared and runs back into its burrow, predicting six more weeks of winter weather; no shadow means an early spring.

Groundhog Day has its roots in the ancient Christian tradition of Candlemas, when clergy would bless and distribute candles needed for winter. The candles represented how long and cold the winter would be. Germans expanded on this concept by selecting an animal—the hedgehog—as a means of predicting weather. Once they came to America, German settlers in Pennsylvania continued the tradition, although they switched from hedgehogs to groundhogs, which were plentiful in the Keystone State.

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‘Groundhog Day’ quotes you’ll want to say over and over again

KTAR News 92.3 FM put together a few of Phil’s best quotes from the film:

• “Well, what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today.”
• “What would you do if you were stuck in one place and every day was exactly the same and nothing that you did mattered?” Ralph: “That about sums it up for me.”
• “You want a prediction about the weather, you’re asking the wrong Phil. I’ll give you a winter prediction: It’s gonna be cold, it’s gonna be grey and it’s gonna last you for the rest of your life.”
• “This is one time where television really fails to capture the true excitement of a large squirrel predicting the weather.”
• “This is pitiful. A thousand people freezing their butts off waiting to worship a rat. What a hype. Groundhog Day used to mean something in this town. They used to pull the hog out, and they used to eat it. You’re hypocrites, all of you!”
• “There is no way that this winter is ever going to end as long as this groundhog keeps seeing his shadow. I don’t see any other way out. He’s got to be stopped. And I have to stop him.”
• “You know, people like blood sausage, too. People are morons.”
• Phil: “Do you ever have deja vu, Mrs. Lancaster?” Mrs. Lancaster: “I don’t think so, but I could check with the kitchen.”