A groundhog from the small town of Punxsutawney in the state of Pennsylvania again predicted that North America would have six more weeks of winter. On Thursday, thousands of people gathered around a hill called Gobbler’s Knob to watch the yearly event. A group of men in black coats and top hats woke up the groundhog from his long winter sleep. It was as if the groundhog, named Punxsutawney Phil, told them, “I see a shadow…It’s six more weeks of winter weather.” Since 1887, tradition says that if Punxsutawney Phil does not see his shadow on Groundhog Day, February 2, spring will come early. Groundhog Day is believed to have come from the ancient European tradition of Candlemas Day. On that day clergy would bless and give out candles to Christians for the long winter. Some versions of the ancient story say that in parts of Germany, people thought that if a hedgehog saw his shadow on Candlemas Day there would be a “Second Winter” or six more weeks of bad weather. As Germans migrated to what is now the state of Pennsylvania, they chose another animal, and Groundhog Day was born.
Title: Groundhog Day: Weather Predictions from the Animal World
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5796/A7.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Groundhog Day: Weather Predictions from the Animal World' data-article-id='6369'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='11708'>A groundhog from the small town of Punxsutawney in the state of Pennsylvania again predicted that North America would have six more weeks of winter.</span> <span data-start-time='11708' data-end-time='21146'>On Thursday, thousands of people gathered around a hill called Gobbler’s Knob to watch the yearly event. </span> <span data-start-time='21146' data-end-time='31458'>A group of men in black coats and top hats woke up the groundhog from his long winter sleep.</span> <span data-start-time='31458' data-end-time='43125'>It was as if the groundhog, named Punxsutawney Phil, told them, “I see a shadow…It’s six more weeks of winter weather.”</span> <span data-start-time='43125' data-end-time='57146'>Since 1887, tradition says that if Punxsutawney Phil does not see his shadow on Groundhog Day, February 2, spring will come early.</span> <span data-start-time='57146' data-end-time='66688'>Groundhog Day is believed to have come from the ancient European tradition of Candlemas Day. </span> <span data-start-time='66688' data-end-time='75208'>On that day clergy would bless and give out candles to Christians for the long winter.</span> <span data-start-time='75208' data-end-time='94063'>Some versions of the ancient story say that in parts of Germany, people thought that if a hedgehog saw his shadow on Candlemas Day there would be a “Second Winter” or six more weeks of bad weather. </span> <span data-start-time='94063' data-end-time='105500'>As Germans migrated to what is now the state of Pennsylvania, they chose another animal, and Groundhog Day was born.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5796/A7.jpeg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=19210 data-hint-location='66688' 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