Groundhog
predicts six more weeks of overflowing sewers
"Bourbon
Bill" observes his shadow from atop an overflowing
sewer manhole on Groundhog Day, Feb. 2nd. |
By
JIM BROOKS
Nelson County Gazette
Monday,
Feb. 2, 2009, 5 p.m. -- While today is known as Groundhog
Day -- the day when seeing a groundhog's shadow predicts six
more weeks of winter -- here in Bardstown the meaning is slightly
different.
According
to former city council candidate Kevin Brumley's latest YouTube
video, Bardstown's legendary groundhog -- Bourbon Bill --
is the world's only sewer overflow prognosticator.
To
view Brumley's YouTube video, click here.
“As
a wildlife photographer for 54 years, I've heard the legend
of Bourbon Bill," he says in his narrative. "I decided
in 2009 to see if I couldn't come down and get some video
of him .. he's a legend in these parts -- he's a sewer prognosticator."
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This
sign posted along Town Creek tells passers-by of the
"Legend of Bardstown's Bourbon Bill."
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Brumley's
video shows a groundhog standing
on top of a sewer manhole cover, while untreated sewage spews
out and runs off into Town Creek. "Bourbon Bill has never
been proven wrong," Brumley says in the video.
The
overflowing sewers along Town Creek have been an issue for
years, and became an issue during the city council election
in November. Brumley has posted a total of 133 videos on YouTube,
most of which highlight sewer overflows along Town Creek.
A
video Brumly posted Sunday takes a poke at the bourbon industry.
A whiskey bottle bearing the label "Very Old Fartin'
" sits atop an overflowing sewer manhole. According to
the label, Very Old Fartin' "Bardstown's finest, made
from Town Creek water, fresh from the bowels of beautiful
downtown Bardstown, Kentucky."
A
label on the bottle's neck notes that the contents were "aged
1 day" because as Brumley notes in his narrative, "it
basically is recycled whiskey." 
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