Perhaps the most famous Groundhog is known as "Punxsutawney Phil" who lives at Gobblers Knob. and has been know to the
earliest settlers of Pennsylvania's town of Punxsutawney for many years. Each year the town of Punxsutawney has held a Groundhog Day celebration
since the mid 1800s. The first official trek to Gobbler's Knob (to get the annual forecast) began on February 2, 1887. A movie was made
featuring this famous groundhog and the annual festival, its FUN !
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