The farmers almanac was spot on for our area and they were saying this back in October amazing that Caleb weather bee is more accurate than the countries top meteorologists . In years past I've watched nature to predict the winters and devoted a great deal of time and research on what to look for in natural signs .. Well none of those Indian tales were accurate . The one accurate thing in nature I did note was the deer . They were out and moving long before normal rut season the fall archery hunters reported fat deer with more girth to them than normal . Somehow The animals understood the winter was going to be brutal and food scarce with bitter cold so they fattened themselves for self preservation