e beast has not seen his shadow.”The following year things were made more official and the ceremony was held for the first time at Gobbler’s Knob. Over the course of their 135-year stint at Gobbler’s Knob Phil has predicted winter a whopping 106 times. According to the Associated Press 10 years of predictions are lost to history but on record Phil has forecasted spring just 20 times.Groundhog Day’s Surprising Success (and Accuracy)On average 20000 shivering citizens participate in Groundhog Day — particularly impressive considering that the.
Punxsutawney is home to just under 6000. However February 2 2020 set a record The Belize WhatsApp Number Groundhog Club estimates that a whopping 40000 people attended the festival that year. In fact the local high school doesn’t attend class on Groundhog Day because the town needs all those buses to transport folks to and from Gobbler’s Knob.Photo Courtesy Christina Horstenpicture allianceGetty ImagesBut massive crowds aren’t the only way to measure Phil’s success. In fact the prognosticator brings in the big bucks for the small Pennsylvania town.
According to the Pennsylvania Great Outdoors Visitors Bureau and the Punxsutawney Area Chamber of Commerce Groundhog Day rakes in over $1 million every year. While another long winter prediction may be all doom and gloom that annual boost to the local economy is certainly something to smile about. “The economic impact Pennsylvania’s most unique holiday has on the town of Punxsutawney and surrounding communities is astounding” Kelly Walker spokesperson for the Pennsylvania Tourism Bureau told Time. In fact in years when the holiday falls on a weekend the bureau has projected that
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