We love making lists up around here, but sometimes it’s actually easier to just put a bunch of real stuff on one and be done for day. Groundhog Day is for sure of those times.
Gobbler’s Knob Is A Real Place Actually Named That
People already know this but I am never not going to write out “Gobbler’s Knob.”
Phil Is A Being Of Cosmic Horror Beyond Our Understanding?
The cult-like organization (they call themselves the “Inner Circle”) running the event claims Phil the groundhog is the exact same groundhog that predicted the weather at the first Groundhog Day back in 1886.
Phil Was Named Pennsylvania’s State Meteorologist In 2024
This almost certainly did not bother any human meteorologist. I looked it up and this is not some honorary thing they always do. A real meteorologist won it in 2023 and 2025, which definitively means they were all just notably worse than Phil in 2024. It’s like when a small town elects a dog mayor. You ever think about the people that run against the dog? Have people lost to dog mayors before, or is it like a “he ran unopposed for the bit” type of thing.
The Movie Increased The Popularity Of The Event Immensely, And Now 40,000 People Go Every Year
Oh my god you guys. There’s a handful of actual people that ran for mayor AGAINST dogs AND LOST. This is incredible. I’m losing my mind. A town in Minnesota all wrote in a dog, and the guy running lost in a landslide. Then, on the ABC News article I found about it, there’s a related article that a different small town in Minnesota elected a 4-year-old mayor, who then lost reelection to a 16-year-old! Why am I not writing about these? Okay, I’m done writing about the weather rat, I have dog and boy mayor research to do.