Feb 3, 2025 · 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 ...

Jan 29, 2025 · 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.

Feb 2, 2024 · Bob is set to make his prediction at an Armadillo Day celebration on Friday at 4 p.m. at the West Pole Ranch in Bee Cave, the city where he was born. Guests are welcome to stop by and see the prediction, enjoy live music and maybe even get a photo op with Bob.

Feb 6, 2024 · While Punxsutawney Phil steals the spotlight, Texas has its very own weather-predicting critter: Bee Cave Bob the armadillo. Texans eagerly anticipate his predictions on February 2nd, showcasing their unique flair.

Jan 30, 2025 · The absence of a shadow in Bee Cave Bob’s 2025 forecast signals an early spring in Texas. Bee Cave Bob’s founder, T. Booth, replaced Groundhog Day with “Armadillo Day,” stating “we don’t need no mangy groundhog in Pennsylvania predicting the weather for us.”

Jan 28, 2025 · Bee Cave Bob is a legend in the Lone Star State. He's an armadillo with a meteorological knack for determining how much winter we have to suffer through in the Lone Star State. This prognosticating armored mammal will alert us to either an early spring or a …

Feb 1, 2025 · 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.

Jan 24, 2025 · To wrangle Bee Cave Bob, the Benevolent Knights look to member Ralph Fisher, who is an animal trainer and rehabilitator and former rodeo clown. Bee Cave Bob is actually the second armadillo to hold the honor. The first one retired and passed away, said Burke. The current armadillo is approximately 8 years old.

Feb 1, 2024 · Named after the city of his birth, Bee Cave Bob will be ushered from a fake culvert at 4 p.m. CT onto a slab of concrete painted to fittingly look like a highway, and his movements will be watched by a “weatherologist” known as “Al Manac.” The prognosticating works the same as Punxsutawney Phil.

Feb 3, 2024 · This year as usual, Bee Cave Bob, a nine-banded armadillo, shuffled out of a burrow and stood on a piece of pavement painted with a yellow stripe to look like a highway. More than 50 people...