Bee Cave Bob also can sense the political climate depending on which side of the highway line he walks to, according to T. Boothe, a real estate agent who owns the property where the ceremony is held.

Bee Cave Bob was born in Bee Cave, Texas, a town outside of Austin which is known as the globe’s geographical western pole. “A lot of hair and a lot of fat, that’s what keeps him nice and ...

Bee Cave Bob was born in — drumroll please — Bee Cave, a city declared the planet's official West Pole by the Texas Legislature in 2007. He lives at a ranch known as the West Pole, just along ...

In the spirit of friendly competition, the Texas armadillo, "Bee Cave Bob," is challenging Punxsutawney Phil to see which mascot has the most accurate weather forecast. During a cloudy Armadillo ...

Like Punxsutawney Phil — or as our friends in Bee Cave refer to him, “Hairy Yankee Rat” — Bee Cave Bob emerges from his burrow on Feb. 2. If he sees his shadow, Texas is predicted to have ...

Punxsutawney Phil and Bee Cave Bob have agreed on their predictions only five times since 2011, according to groundhog-day.com, compared to nine disagreements.

Ralph Fisher holds Bee Cave Bob after the seven-year-old, nine-banded armadillo emerged to predict the weather during Armadillo Day at the West Pole in Bee Cave , Texas, Friday, Feb 2, 2022.

Bee Cave Bob has been predicting the incoming spring season for years – and his predictions don't always align with the famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil. Credit: Terry Boothe.

Bee Cave Bob makes his prediction on Armadillo Day in Bee Cave, Texas, on Feb. 2, 2015. While his counterpart Punxsutawney Phil has been prognosticating for more than 135 years, the nine-banded ...

BEE CAVE — Texans don't need Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog in Pennsylvania, to predict whether or not there will be an early spring. An armadillo named Bee Cave Bob can do the trick, says Mike ...

Bee Cave Bob was born in — drumroll please — Bee Cave, a city declared the planet's official West Pole by the Texas Legislature in 2007. He lives at a ranch known as the West Pole, just along ...

Bee Cave Bob (left) and Punxsutawney Phil are two of the many animal prognosticators who make predictions about the weather on Feb. 2. A groundhog in Punxsutawney has been making predictions since ...