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Groundhog Day
The critter was found a good hour's drive from the state's far more famous groundhog town.
Now we know what Phil does the other 364 days of the year.
The groundhog, named Major, gave an "early prediction" just days before his death, according to the Second Chances Wildlife Center.
The Quebecois cousin to Punxsutawney Phil "most likely died during hibernation," according to a Groundhog Day event organizer.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found on average, Phil has gotten it right 40% of the time.
Airlines canceled nearly 8,000 flights in the U.S. for Wednesday and Thursday.
Thousands of people gathered at Gobblers Knob as members of Punxsutawney Phils inner circle summoned him from his tree stump at dawn.
It seems he gets up every day,gripes about the election, then wakes up the next day still aloser."
The weather-predicting rodent emerged from his burrow on a snowy Tuesday morning to, as tradition dictates, stare at his shadow.
"The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" mocked the president with a fake movie about a man "who lost again and again and again."