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Woolly Worm Festival
Banner Elk, North Carolina

Participants coax worms up strings at the October 2008 Woolly Worm Festival in Banner Elk, North Carolina, where 1,400 striped worms were raced to predict the coming winter's weather.

Each worm has 13 black or brown stripes, corresponding to the 13 weeks of winter. "A brown stripe means a mild week of winter," said photographer and National Geographic Young Explorer Ross McDermott, and "a black stripe means a harsh week."

The winning worm's stripes will predict each week's severityand organizers claim the predictions are usually correct.

(View more of McDermott and Owen's photography on their web site.)

—Photograph by Ross McDermott

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