Buckeye Chuck, whose real name is Murray, is a resident of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Murray came to the museum in 2023 after a family noticed the orphaned groundhog on the side of a ...

In 2023, for the first year, a stuffed groundhog was used to represent Buckeye Chuck. This occurred after complaints were filed by PETA that WMRN used Kokas Exotics, an exotic animal breeder, to ...

In 2023, for the first year, a stuffed groundhog was used to represent Buckeye Chuck. This occurred after complaints were filed by PETA that WMRN used Kokas Exotics, an exotic animal breeder, to ...

Buckeye Chuck, Ohio's weather predicting groundhog, ... We estimate he was born June of 2022 and then came here in June of 2023," explained Jim Nemet, Director of Wildlife at the Museum.

Murray becomes Buckeye Chuck. In 2023, the museum was contacted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Representatives told the museum Marion's current groundhog was no longer ...

When is Groundhog Day 2024? In 2024, Groundhog Day is on Friday, Feb. 2. What is Buckeye Chuck's record? According to his supporters, Buckeye Chuck has a 75% success rate in predicting the weather ...

So the 2023 celebration looked a little different: the taxidermied body of the original Buckeye Chuck took the stage. Needless to say, he didn’t leave his burrow, which, according to folklore ...

Groundhog Day 2023:Ohio's stuffed Buckeye Chuck predicts 6 more weeks of winter PETA took issue with the station's employment of Kokas Exotics, an exotic animal breeder located in Marion County ...

Buckeye Chuck has been Ohio's official weather-predicting groundhog since 1979. This year, Chuck will greet potentially hundreds of fans at Buckeye Chuck Day on Feb. 2 in Marion. Despite the ...

In 2023, for the first year, a stuffed groundhog was used to represent Buckeye Chuck. This occurred after complaints were filed by PETA that WMRN used Kokas Exotics, an exotic animal breeder, to ...

There’s Poppy the Skunk in Lancaster, Benny the Bass in Buckeye Lake, Concord Casimir the Cat outside of Cleveland, Walnut the Hedgehog in Dayton; even a stuffed groundhog named Willie from Toledo.

In 2023, for the first year, a stuffed groundhog was used to represent Buckeye Chuck. This occurred after complaints were filed by PETA that WMRN used Kokas Exotics, an exotic animal breeder, to ...