French Creek Freddie predicts early spring
Front Page News Thursday, February 2nd, 2012FRENCH CREEK, W.Va. — West Virginia’s French Creek Freddie is predicting an early spring this Groundhog Day, according to state news sources.
The West Virginia State Wildlife Center says Freddie didn’t see his shadow when he came out of his burrow this morning and that
contradicts the prediction of Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil.
Phil saw his shadow when he emerged from his lair.
The Groundhog Day celebration is rooted in a German superstition that says if a hibernating animal casts a shadow on Feb. 2, the Christian holiday of Candlemas, winter will last another six weeks. Legend says if no shadow is seen, spring will come early.
French Creek Freddie has been making his annual prediction since 1978.
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