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WEST DANVILLE, Vt. -

Guesses come from around the world.

Every year, thousands of people weigh in and guess the date and time that Joe's Pond in west Danville, Vermont will thaw.

Tickets cost a dollar each.

The winner gets to keep a portion of the profit. In past years, that's been close to $5,000.

Right now, the ice thickness is between 12 and 15 inches.

"There's a cylinder on a pallet on the pond, which is attached to a clock at a cottage and when that ice moves, it pulls the clock off and that's when they call it the ice out," Garey Larrabee said.

Last year, the cylinder finally dropped on April 8th at 5:25 pm. The year before, April 27th... and in 2010, April 5th.

I bet on April 22nd at 2:22 pm!

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