woolly worm

Every October, there’s a unique annual Appalachian tradition that predicts winter weather. WFDD’s Reyna Drake recently traveled to the High Country to get the forecast.

At the heart of the festival are the worm-racing contests. The winning worm has the honor of serving as kind of a local fall version of Groundhog Day’s Punxsutawney Phil, predicting the severity of the upcoming winter.

Since 1978, a festival in North Carolina's High Country has touted being able to predict the severity of winter weather. And it all comes down to a…