Downtown's LoDog Sees Shadow, Predicts...

For the lucky 13th time, this dog ventured out on February 2 to look for his shadow and try to make some sense of it. Ramon, the house weiner dog of Denver by the Slice, indeed saw his shadow today.

The tradition, of course, is based on some old German folklore that claims six more weeks of winter will ensue if a hibernating mammal sees his shadow on February 2.  A snooze alarm for the critter. Somehow the job got filtered down to a groundhog in Pennsylvania. This dog, however, qualifies as a mammal that sleeps most of the time, so let's give the job to him.

He and the hog reached slightly different conclusions. Ramon predicts some cold days in February, early spring buds, a snowstorm in April, and one Rockies rainout in May. Sort of like it always is. Then he went back to sleep.