Groundhog bites Mayor Bloomberg

  Eyewitness News

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Everyone knows what it means when a groundhog sees his shadow. But what does the future hold if he bites the mayor's hand?

Staten Island's famous groundhog, Charles G. Hogg, inexplicably bit Mayor Michael Bloomberg during his annual holiday ceremony on Monday, drawing blood from the billionaire.

Said Bloomberg spokesman Stu Loeser: "It nicked his hand."

Bloomberg wrapped the cut with a napkin until he could check with his doctor.

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