Punxsutawney Groundhog Festival 2016

[Sparks]

If Phil see's you OC'ing, it will be six more weeks of Obama.

[alpacaheat]

If Phil see's you OC'ing, it will be six more weeks of Obama.

He'll probably just stay in his hole.


The jerk with the big hat just yanks him out forcibly anyways. Phil's probably in a deep sleep.

[knight0334]

TV said $400 a night for motel? Man, I thought Daytona Bike Week prices were crazy!

There aren't many motel rooms in Punxy to begin with. ...and when the population goes from 5-6K to 10-30K overnight, rooms get scarce.

[Statkowski]

He'll probably just stay in his hole.


The jerk with the big hat just yanks him out forcibly anyways. Phil's probably in a deep sleep.

Phil's "home" (along with his two lady friends, Phyllis and Philomena) is the Punxsutawney Library, right there in Barkley Square. You can view him from outside the building or inside the library.

[punxsutawneypete]

Was it the same every year?

I went to the ceremony every year from 1989 to 2009. I was appointed as an Ambassador of the Groundhog Club for being a non-resident who helped to spread the legend of Punxsutawney Phil. When I went in 1989 I think there were 1800 people there. People pitched tents to stay there all night before the ceremony. It was starting to get more popular as the next year there were 2400 people. I saw Bill Murray there in 1992 when the Groundhog Day movie was in production. One of the Inner Circle members told me that when Bill Murray went back to the film site in Illinois he ordered a re-write of the script based on what he saw from being at the actual ceremony. The weather would be anything from 15 below to 40 degrees and raining. After the movie came out it just took off. I remember one year on a weekend it was calculated that 38,000 people were there.

[abner13]

He'll probably just stay in his hole.


The jerk with the big hat just yanks him out forcibly anyways. Phil's probably in a deep sleep.

He'd better! There's a .220 Swift in the rifle rack of my pick-up truck!

[JoshIronshaft]

I went there 4 years ago. What a shit show.

[ray h]

I went to the ceremony every year from 1989 to 2009. I was appointed as an Ambassador of the Groundhog Club for being a non-resident who helped to spread the legend of Punxsutawney Phil. When I went in 1989 I think there were 1800 people there. People pitched tents to stay there all night before the ceremony. It was starting to get more popular as the next year there were 2400 people. I saw Bill Murray there in 1992 when the Groundhog Day movie was in production. One of the Inner Circle members told me that when Bill Murray went back to the film site in Illinois he ordered a re-write of the script based on what he saw from being at the actual ceremony. The weather would be anything from 15 below to 40 degrees and raining. After the movie came out it just took off. I remember one year on a weekend it was calculated that 38,000 people were there.

That's awesome. We visited Phil's stump, and his residence at the library, this summer. My wife and I watch "Groundhog Day" every year. I was working last night so we watched it tonight.