The Germans eventually began to believe that if the sun made an appearance on Candlemas Day, a hedgehog would cast a shadow — ...

Punxsutawney Phil's team of top-hatted associates will issue the woodchuck's weather verdict as the sun rises on Sunday, telling the world whether he is predicting wintry conditions for the next six ...

Punxsutawney Phil - an actual groundhog and proclaimed "weather predictor extraordinaire" - will be placed on a stage (tree stump) as a crowd waits to see if he will look at his own shadow or not.