When groundhogs strike back.

[Newbian]

http://www.nbc15.com/home/headlines/Jimmy-the-Groundhog-turns-on-the-mayor-290547131.html

SUN PRAIRIE, Wis. (AP) -- The mayor of Sun Prairie has learned a valuable lesson about one of his city's most famous critters.

You don't want to get too close to a groundhog.

During the Groundhogs Day celebration Monday in Sun Prairie, Jimmy's handler held the groundhog next the face of Mayor Jonathan Freund and Jimmy promptly bit down on the mayor's ear.

Freund flinched, but went on with his declaration that there would be an early spring due to Jimmy's prognostication. The Groundhog Day celebration became even more precarious when Jimmy's handlers, Jerry and Maria Hahn, said the mayor had gotten it wrong and that there would be six more weeks of winter.


Then the city issued a statement which said only the mayor can translate Jimmy's prediction.

So does this mean 6 more months of winter?

 

[mmntech]

I wonder if they still let New York's mayor handle the groundhogs after last year's unpleasantness.

 

[Belegost]

Meh, "Wild animal acts like wild animal."

Call me when a mayor bites a groundhog's ear.

 

[Carson Dyle]

Everyone knows that Punxsutawney Phil is the ONLY real seasonal prognosticator. The rest are phonies.