According to a ‘ clairvoyant ’ lobster key out Passy Pete , it ’s time to pack out your short circuit and sundresses .
Each year since 2015 , occupant of Belfast , Maine , have fleece the lobster from the bay and assemble around to watch him choose between two scrolls . One predicts six more weeks of summer , while the other forecasts an early wintertime .
For the first three yr of the custom , Passy Pete foretold six more hebdomad of summertime . Last yr and this year , WABIreports , Mainers have n’t been so lucky .
“ friend of Belfast , on this 2d day of September — Labor Day in the year 2019 , ” Belfast baron Dave Crabiel learn from the scroll Pete picked , “ it ’s in your best interestingness to collect your coats , tell your sister to return the ones you lent her , tell Cathy , the harbormaster , to remove the boats , and everyone get ready for winter . ” At that , an audible undulation of groaning arose from watcher .
“ All four year up to this distributor point he ’s been accurate , ” Crabiel tell WABI . “ So I do n’t know — we’ll see . It ’s not the solution we want . ”
Crabiel and feller business owners came up with the musical theme for a prediction crustacean as a way to sustain summertime touristry grade past the time of year ’s vizor . “ While Belfast is a groovy community year - around , we certainly do see an increment in business in the summer with the tourists , ” he explained to WABI . “ So we thought , what if there was an anti - groundhog , somebody who could predict a longer summer , rather than omen winter ? ”
It ’s in Pete ’s contract that he must be repay to the bay regardless of his forecasting , so he does n’t need to fear payback from disgruntled Belfast residents .
Will Passy Pete become as popular asPunxsutawney Philone Clarence Shepard Day Jr. ? We sure hope so .
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