Lucy the Lobster sees her shadow, predicts six more weeks of winter

Lucy the Lobster predicted six more weeks of winter on Sunday. (Visit Barrington Facebook page)

Lucy the Lobster saw her shadow on Sunday morning in Barrington, predicting a longer winter.

The canny crustacean lined up with Nova Scotia’s slightly more famous wildlife weather forecaster. Shubenacadie Sam also predicted six more weeks of winter.

The six-pound lobster has been making winter predictions since 2018 as part of the Nova Scotia Lobster Crawl. Her handlers say she’s never wrong.

“It was -14 at 7:30 this morning,” Stephanie Miller Vincent, co-ordinator of the South Shore Tourism Co-operative, which organizes Nova Scotia Lobster Crawl.

“Lucy crawled slowly and quickly all at the same time. So six more weeks of winter, but six more weeks of lobster fishing, that’s the most important thing.”