His new shadows: Punxsutawney Phil is a dad to twins

Laura Morrison
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**See this year’s annual Groundhog Day prediction in the related video above.**

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. (WJW) — The planet’s most well-known (and prophetic) groundhog is now a father.

Wednesday, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club announced that Punxsutawney Phil and his partner Phyllis have welcomed two new baby groundhogs to their family.

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“The babies are currently in with mom and dad at the zoo that is located at the Punxsutawney Memorial Library, and can be viewed through the viewing window,” the club said on its Facebook page.

  • FILE – In this Feb. 2, 2020, file photo, Groundhog Club co-handler Al Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 134th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa. Due to safety precautions regarding COVID-19 transmission, the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club has said there will be no public attendance for the 2021 event. However, the club’s inner circle will make the trek to Gobblers Knob on Tuesday, Feb. 2, for the 135th celebration that will be broadcast via television, internet and live-streamed. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)
  • Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Phil's handlers said that the groundhog has forecast an early spring. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)
    Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Phil’s handlers said that the groundhog has forecast an early spring. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger)
  • Sam Light, center, president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, points to a sign held by members of the club in Gobbler’s Knob, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Jan. 1961. They posed for the picture a few days before Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, with a stuffed stand-in for Punxsutawney Phil. (AP Photo)
    Sam Light, center, president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, points to a sign held by members of the club in Gobbler’s Knob, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Jan. 1961. They posed for the picture a few days before Groundhog Day, Feb. 2, with a stuffed stand-in for Punxsutawney Phil. (AP Photo)

These two are reportedly the first children for Phil, who has officially been making predictions since 1886, according to the club.

Back in February, dear Phil predicted an early spring from his Gobbler’s Knob perch. Meanwhile Ohio’s weather oracle Buckeye Chuck also predicted an early spring, despite the two groundhogs not always agreeing on their forecasts.

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