Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 139th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Phil’s handlers said that the groundhog has forecast six more weeks of winter. (Barry Reeger/AP)

Punxsutawney Phil may get skewered for his iffy weather predictions, but his parties don't miss. Driving the news: More than 40,000 visitors gathered at Gobbler's Knob on Sunday to celebrate western Pennsylvania's prophetic groundhog — and I was one of them.