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Georgia's Groundhog Beau Predicts 6 More Weeks of Winter at Dauset Trails
General Beauregard Lee, Georgia's top groundhog forecaster with 80% accuracy, predicted six more weeks of winter after seeing his shadow at Dauset Trails Nature Center.
- Monday, Feb. 2, General Beauregard "Beau" Lee at Dauset Trails emerged from Weathering Heights, saw his shadow, and predicted six more weeks of winter.
- Groundhog Day, celebrated on Feb. 2, traces back to Candlemas and European customs where German settlers in Pennsylvania replaced bears or badgers with groundhogs, starting the Punxsutawney tradition.
- According to NOAA, Beau has about an 80% accuracy rate, includes Waffle House hashbrowns in his ritual, and this year marked his 45th prediction.
- Yonah the North Georgia Wildlife & Safari Park groundhog did not see his shadow and predicted an early spring, as community members and officials gathered amid a historic cold spell affecting parts of Georgia.
- Across North America, other rodents like Staten Island Chuck, Birmingham Bill, and Shubenacadie Sam participate in Groundhog Day traditions, with Beau regarded as a principal prognosticator for the South since 1981.
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Henry HeraldBeau sees his shadow and predicts six more weeks of winter
JACKSON — Moments after sunrise on a 23-degree morning, General Beauregard “Beau” Lee waddled out of his mini-antebellum style mansion at Dauset Trails Nature Center on Monday, Feb. 2 and saw his shadow, predicting six more weeks of winter.
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