The groundhogs have spoken

UNDATED - The groundhogs have spoken... and it looks like an early spring in Georgia but six more weeks of winter in Pennsylvania.

Gen. Beaurgard Lee, Georgia's official groundhog, emerged from his home at Yellow River Game Ranch in Lilburn Tuesday morning and did not see his shadow. Legend says that means an early spring in Georgia.

Meanwhile, in Punxsutawney, Pa., Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow and as folklore has it, that means winter will last another six weeks in that part of the country.

German tradition holds that if a hibernating animal sees its shadow on Feb. 2 the Christian holiday of Candlemas winter will last another six weeks. If no shadow is seen, legend says spring will come early.

The Inner Circle of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club annually announces Phil's forecast at dawn on Gobbler's Knob, about 65 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.
Phil's announcement came before hundreds of onlookers who huddled as temperatures hovered in the teens.

The Groundhog Club says since 1887 Phil has predicted more winter weather by seeing his shadow nearly 100 times, but there are no records for nine years.