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

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

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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.

Join us live from noon to 3pm on KIRO Newsradio, or emerging from our stump at the tap of your cane on our daily podcast: https://mynorthwest.com/category/jack-and-spike/

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