Tag: Groundhog Day
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Flatiron Freddy makes his Groundhog Day prediction in Colorado
BOULDER, Colo — Move over, Punxsutawney Phil. Colorado has its own weather-forecasting rodent. Flatiron Freddy — a top-hat-wearing, stuffed marmot and “seer of seers” — made his annual weather prediction on Monday at an event in Boulder. The City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks Rangers held the annual event at 8 a.m. on Monday at the Ranger Cottage at…
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Colorado’s version of Punxsutawney Phil makes his weather prediction. What was it?
Before you let this unseasonably warm weather trick you into planting your petunias and putting up the parka, consider the fact that at around 8 a.m., Flatiron Freddy predicted six more weeks of winter. Flatiron Freddy, a dapperly-dressed stuffed marmot, saw his shadow Sunday morning as did famed Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney Phil. Freddy is a taxidermied marmot, a…
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Flatiron Freddy predicts an early spring
Boulder’s own Flatiron Freddy emerged from his hiding spot Friday morning via dog sled and did not see his shadow, meaning an early spring, Denver Gazette media partner 9News reported. Flatiron Freddy is a deceased, stuffed, fur-damaged yellow-bellied marmot who – with the help of its handlers – always arrives in a surprising way at…
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Drew Lock has taken the right offseason approach, but will it win him the Broncos’ quarterback competition?
To find out what exactly Drew Lock has been doing this offseason, one might have to wait until he publishes a book about it years later, according to Lock. The Broncos quarterback has been radio silent since the 2020-21 season ended. He’s stayed off social media and the only interview he’s done in the last…