The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce celebrated it’s 18th annual Quahog Day on Saturday. That’s the Cape’s own version of Groundhog Day, where a clam predicts the number of summer beach days.
WCVB anchor and Cape Cod native Doug Meehan hosted the event on the patio at Shipwrecked, in Falmouth.
“Last summer, Doug was right on," Meehan told the crowd in a pun-laden address. "He had 80 days of beach days down here on the Cape. He was spot on. So they didn’t put him in the pot. So there’s a lot of pressure on that little clam, that little bivalve. And we’ll see whether or not he comes through for us this year."
Meehan also noted the clam's name is spelled "D-O-U-G, not D-U-G."
The clam arrived to the event via a motorcycle police escort. Once on scene, the "meteorological mollusk" predicted 72 beach days this summer.
