A weather reporter said there was no way the ground hoh saw his shadow b/c the weather was overcast on Ground Hog Day. Yes , this a joke and I think when the ground hog start biting people it's time to put and end to this silliest .
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No the ground hog did not commit any fraud , it handlers did. They were the one that said winter was going to 6 weeks longer. The ground hog is an innocent victim in all of this.