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The tradition attained a large following with the 1993 Bill Murray comedy "Groundhog Day," in which a weatherman covering the event must relive the day over and over again. Before the movie came out, Phil was lucky to have an audience of 2,500, said Mike Johnston, vice president of the Inner Circle. And while the group has records of Phil's predictions dating back to 1886, what it doesn't have is a tally of whether Phil was right. Johnston said the reason is simple: "He's never been wrong." Phil is "incapable of error," he said, because the groundhog smartly avoids being site-specific in his prognostications. If Phil predicts six more weeks of winter, said Johnston, "I guarantee you someone's going to have six more weeks of winter." ___ Online:
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