‘Manitoba Merv’ predicts six more weeks of winter on Groundhog Day
We’re in for six more weeks of winter, if a stuffed groundhog at Oak Hammock Marsh is to be believed.
“Manitoba Merv” saw his shadow Thursday morning on Groundhog Day — a signal that, according to tradition and folklore, indicates more cold is on the way. The furry forecaster is a puppet — technically a golf club cover — and has been predicting the weather each Feb. 2 since the mid-1990s. Of course, he has a pretty easy gig, as his handlers at the marsh will agree.“When you see the shadow, it’s six more weeks of winter, which is mid-March. If there’s no shadow, it’s early spring, which is also mid-March.”
Bourgeois said the last time Merv got it wrong in almost three decades of prognosticating was in 1997, when he predicted an early spring and Manitoba got hit by the “Storm of the Century” that April.
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