Will we have six more weeks of winter or will we be treated to an early spring?
The answer is six more weeks of winter.
With 132 years of experience (as his top hat-wearing Inner Circle insists), Punxsutawney Phil gave his annual Groundhog Day prognostication.
Phil emerged from his burrow on Gobbler's Knob Friday morning, checking to see if he casts a shadow before thousands of onlookers.
Pennsylvania's most famous groundhog saw his shadow, meaning winter weather will continue for six more weeks, legend has it.
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Phil's proclamation is translated by the president of the Inner Circle -- the only person who understands the "Groundhogese" language -- according to The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club.
In Charlotte, minutes after Phil made his prognostication, Queen Charlotte came to the same conclusion, seeing her shadow and proclaiming six more weeks of winter in the Carolinas.
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