Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 137th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Feb. 2, 2023.

Two Groundhog Days later, the Guthleins made the five-hour drive to the remote hills of Western Pennsylvania. They mingled at Gobbler’s Knob with 20,000 anxious revelers, “a heck of a crowd to ...