Ohio prosecutors ‘indict’ Punxsutawney Phil over early spring forecast, seek death penalty

washingtonpost.com
March 22, 2013

Famed groundhog Punxsutawney Phil might want to go back into hibernation.

Authorities in still-frigid Ohio have issued an “indictment” of the furry rodent, who predicted an early spring when he didn’t see his shadow after emerging from his western Pennsylvania lair on Feb. 2.

“Punxsutawney Phil did purposely, and with prior calculation and design, cause the people to believe that spring would come early,” Mike Gmoser, the prosecutor in southwestern Ohio’s Butler County, wrote in an official-looking indictment.

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This article was posted: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 12:54 pm

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