Operation Bribe Punxsutawney Phil

This here is Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog that’s been alive since 1886 and has the power to predict if Spring comes early every February 2nd. But this year we’ve had it. We’re done. Scotts & Miracle-Gro know how bad you want it to be Spring, so they decided to bribe Phil with $10,000 to you know, look the other way. It’s an offer he couldn’t refuse (spoiler alert, he refused). Adweek, PRWeek,

Here’s how it went down

We plastered the streets of Punxsutawney and got the message to Phil any way we could.

We even hoped he knew how to use the internet

groundhogs have ears right? we were desperate

we knew what we needed to do, fly to punxsutawney ourselves

The verdict? No Spring yet. Phil did not bend. But he did not break us.

See you next year, Phil