Monday was Groundhog Day, a time for people to wait outside groundhog burrows to wait and see if the creatures would see their shadows, meaning six more weeks of winter, or not.

Punxsutawney Phil, the nation's most famous groundhog, emerged from his burrow 80 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, PA, to clear skies and 20 degree weather.

It was the furry grayish-brownish marmot's 123rd prediction from Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, PA.

And indeed, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow before retreating back to his burrow to curl up and sleep more during the remaining six weeks of winter there. It was the 96th time he has predicted more winter instead of an early spring.

But Woody the woodchuck in at the Howeel Conference and Nature Center in Livingston County, MI, didn't see his shadow today, predicting that spring will come early there.

Gen. Beuaregard Lee at Yellow River Game Ranch in Georgia also didn't see his shadow, meaning an early spring there as well, as long as the groundhogs are right.

However, in a break with tradition, Lee has gone high tech and began posting messages to Twitter before emerging, noting that he could hear a lot of people talking outside his burrow.