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Brevard Mayor Maureen Copelof says “Pisgah Penny has established herself as a beloved and valued member of this community who openly asserts her love for Brevard,” while “Punxsutawney Phil has established himself as, let’s be honest, an ill tempered, unreliable predictor.”","image":"https://groundhog-day.com/images/ghogs/pisgah-penny.jpeg","predictionsCount":3,"predictions":[{"year":2022,"shadow":0,"details":""},{"year":2023,"shadow":1,"details":""},{"year":2024,"shadow":1,"details":""}]},{"id":85,"slug":"walnut-the-hedgehog","shortname":"Walnut","name":"Walnut the Hedgehog","city":"Dayton","region":"Ohio","country":"USA","coordinates":"39.7886347,-84.2019907","source":"https://www.facebook.com/BoonshoftMuseum/","contact":"","currentPrediction":"https://www.facebook.com/BoonshoftMuseum/posts/pfbid02q414PFFeTYYjNHHrP4kmKzJxtsDMNaK8Jgo39gQVJVKew5MjExPgswg3ybTJDe13l","isGroundhog":0,"type":"Hedgehog","active":1,"successor":"","description":"Walnut is a four-toed hedgehog who makes annual prognostications for the Boonshoft Discovery Museum in Dayton, Ohio. 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