Connecticut's groundhog Chuckles predicts early spring

Chuckles, Connecticut’s state groundhog, was up early on Friday to do his Groundhog Day job  –  to predict whether we will have an early spring or six more weeks of winter.

And --- Chuckles has predicted an early spring.

There was a ceremony at Lutz Children’s Museum in Manchester for the event and families watched on as the state’s official groundhog made the prediction.  

You can watch on Facebook here.

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The most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, made his predictions in Gobbler’s Knob in western Pennsylvania Friday morning and also declared an early spring.