Criminal Indictment for Punxsutawny Phil

[Keel M.]

PITTSBURGH (AP) — An Ohio prosecutor who light-heartedly filed a criminal indictment against the famous Pennsylvania groundhog who fraudulently "predicted" an early spring said he may consider a pardon now that the animal's handler is taking the blame.

Bill Deeley, president of the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club's Inner Circle, told The Associated Press on Monday that the animal rightly predicted six more weeks of winter last month, but he mistakenly announced an early spring because he failed to correctly interpret Phil's "groundhog-ese."

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[Lilly]

Perhaps Phil's a politician? Politicians keep telling us stuff that never happens too.

[Ashotep]

Let someone else take the fall for your mistakes.