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Video: Cringe or Based: The Sacrificial Hoisting of Punxsutawney Phil

Feb 2, 2024, 5:13 PM | Updated: Feb 7, 2024, 10:09 am

It’s Groundhog Day, and you know what that means! Time for the annual hoisting of a groundhog by men in top hats over a chanting crowd of thousands. And this is normal because…?

Jack Stine, Spike O’Neill and producer Laura float other ideas to spare the poor groundhog from this annual humiliation ritual. A animatronic robot? A taxidermy puppet? Weigh in and let us know your ideas below.

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