NgoMgqibelo kusasa ePunxsutawney, ePennsylvania, ingulube egama linguPhil yavela emngxunyeni wayo kwaye ayisibonanga isithunzi sayo, ixela kwangaphambili ngentwasahlobo.

Eli yayilixesha le-18 kuphela IPunxsutawney Phil yavela kwiGobbler's Knob kwiPennsylvania Wilds kwaye Kuxelwe kwangaphambili ngentwasahlobo , kunye ne-vortex yamva nje ye-polar, ixesha lakhe alikwazanga kwaye ii-apos; zingcono.

Kule holide, isibhakabhaka esicacileyo ngokwesiko sasithetha ubusika obude. AmaRoma ahlasele emantla azisa inkcubeko eJamani, neyathi yagqiba kwelokuba ukuba ilanga liyavela, inkungu iyakubona isithunzi sayo kwaye, emva koko, bekuya kubakho ezinye iiveki ezintandathu zobusika. Xa abafuduki baseJamani bafudukela ePennsylvania, beza nesiko , Ukutshintsha i-hog yomhlaba kwi-hedgehog.

Oko kwaqala eli siko, ingulube ikhathalelwe yiPunxsutawney Groundhog Club, yasePunxsutawney, ePennsylvania.

UPhil uxele kwangaphambili ukufika kwentwasahlobo ukusukela ngo-1887- kodwa ukuchaneka kwakhe kushiya into enqwenelekayo. Ngokwedatha evela kwiStormfax Almanac , i-groundhog ilungile malunga neepesenti ezingama-39 zexesha.

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Ukusukela ekuqaleni, uPhil uqikelele ubusika ngaphezulu kwamaxesha angama-103 kwaye ngoku i-18 yokuqala iqala ukuvela. (Kukho iminyaka esithoba ngaphandle kweerekhodi kwaye i-Punxsutawney Area Chamber of Commerce ayinalo nofifi kwenzeka ntoni kuPhil ngelo xesha.)

Nangona kunjalo, nokuba uqikelelo lukaPhil luchanekile, zisenokungachaneki kwilizwe liphela. Ngo-2015, i IWashington Post dibanisa umzobo Ukubonisa indlela ingqikelelo yengqolowa eyadlala ngayo kwizithili ezahlukeneyo kwilizwe liphela. Ngelixa uqikelelo lukaPhil lunokuchaneka ngakumbi kwimimandla ejikeleze amaLwandle amaKhulu, icandelo elisemazantsi eli lizwe - ngakumbi abo baseFlorida- banokungakuhoyi oko kubonwa ngumgobhozi

Ukusukela oko kumdlalo bhanyabhanya woSuku loMhlaba, apho inkwenkwezi uBill Murray wakhutshwa khona ngo-1993, ukuya kumsitho waminyaka le kuye kwenyuka. Abantu abangaphezu kwama-20 000 behla kwidolophu encinci minyaka yonke ukujonga uPhil esenza ukubikezela kwakhe.

Incinci eyaziwayo yiStenen Island Chuck ovela eStenen Island Zoo minyaka le. Ngokwe-zoo, u-Chuck unayo iipesenti ezingama-80 ezichanekileyo . Uyeza kwiminyaka esixhenxe yokuqikelela okuchanekileyo.

I-Punxsutawney, ePennsylvania iqikelelwa ukuba ibe nama-degree aphezulu angama-53 ngoMvulo, ngokweMozulu.com , ngemvula kamva evekini.