Groundhog Day and Escaping the Time Loop

2025-02-02T09:19:48-05:00

It’s February, and I work with the WNC Nature Center – so of course we’re gonna talk about Groundhog Day! Just for fun, the picture you see is of a former Nature Center groundhog, Nibbles. Nibbles had the opportunity to meet Andie MacDowell when she came to the Nature Center to celebrate Groundhog Day back in 2008. I recently rewatched Bill Murray and Andie McDowell in the 1993 film Groundhog Day, where weatherman Phil Connors get trapped in a time loop on February 2nd, only escaping after he learns to be a better person. Some film geeks estimate that the time loop lasted between [...]