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Wildlife specialist Denise Shadduck carries Sir Walter Wally into the sunlight as people gather for the ceremony during the 20th Annual Groundhog Day Celebration at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, Thursday, February 2, 2017. Unlike his cousin up North, Wally did not see his shadow and predicted the swift end to winter. (The North State Journal/Eamon Queeney)