In the beginning, they ate him. Any research into the origins of Groundhog Day reveals the culinary fate that originally befell the subterranean weatherman after he performed his yearly duty. Thankfully, those in Punxsutawney, Pa. have never, and will never, sacrifice their most famous tourist attraction, Phil. Whichever groundhog is playing Phil is instead treated like royalty, living a cozy existence in a climate-controlled, light-regulated burrow.