What is the name of the groundhog from French Creek, Pennsylvania?

What is the name of the groundhog from French Creek, Pennsylvania? French Creek Freddie.

French Creek Freddie is the name of the weather-prognosticating groundhog associated with French Creek. However, the location in the question contains a geographic mix-up: the famous Freddie is from French Creek, West Virginia, not Pennsylvania. The stored answer remains the canonical name of the groundhog intended by the clue.

Freddie appears each February 2 during a local Groundhog Day ceremony in Upshur County, West Virginia. As in Punxsutawney, the legend says that seeing his shadow predicts six more weeks of winter, while remaining outside signals an early spring.

The Pennsylvania connection likely comes from the broader history of the custom. Pennsylvania’s German immigrants adapted the Candlemas weather tradition to groundhogs, and Punxsutawney Phil became the best-known example. French Creek Freddie is a separate regional celebrity, and “Woodstock Willie” is associated with Illinois instead.