{"id":474619,"date":"2026-02-12T07:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/474619\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T07:47:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T07:47:12","slug":"tasmanian-man-corey-chugg-found-alive-four-days-after-going-missing-in-bushland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/474619\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasmanian man Corey Chugg found alive four days after going missing in bushland"},"content":{"rendered":"

A northern Tasmanian man who has been missing in bushland near Launceston for four days has been found alive, police say.<\/p>\n

Corey Chugg, 32, of Longford, was collecting firewood at Mount Barrow near Nunamara on Sunday with a friend when the pair became separated.<\/a><\/p>\n

He was reported missing to Tasmania Police on Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Tasmania Police said he was found about 12:30pm today in a creek bed at the bottom of a steep incline, on the edge of the search area.<\/p>\n

“He alerted searchers to his location by answering their calls,” police said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“He had a suffered a foot injury and was weakened by exposure to the elements after being without food, water and warm clothing since Sunday night.”<\/p>\n

Police said Mr Chugg was assessed by paramedics then winched out by the rescue helicopter and taken to the Launceston General Hospital for treatment.<\/p>\n

\"Aleena<\/p>\n

Inspector Aleena Crack gave an update on the search for Corey Chugg on Wednesday. (ABC News: Emily Smith)<\/p>\n

Tasmania Police Inspector Aleena Crack said favourable weather conditions helped Mr Chugg survive.<\/p>\n

“Mr Chugg has been really fortunate the last few days,” Inspector Crack said.<\/p>\n

“The conditions were quite mild, up until last night where it started to get a little bit colder.<\/p>\n

“Thankfully there was water around, and he’s been able to keep himself busy, occupied, and as well as possible.”<\/p>\n

She said Mr Chugg was “incredibly grateful to be found”.<\/p>\n

Further enquiries to come, but police not treating situation as suspicious<\/p>\n

Inspector Crack would not elaborate on why Mr Chugg was in the bushland or how he became separated from his friend.<\/p>\n

“We’ll make further enquiries as to the purpose of Corey and his friend being in the bush,” she said.<\/p>\n

“At this point in time, I’m not able to comment. I think it’s important he gets his medical treatment first, before I start posing questions to him.<\/p>\n

“Corey’s friend has been helping us throughout and been assisting us with our enquiries.<\/p>\n

“At this point in time, I’m not going to comment as to the reason, until we’ve spoken a bit further with Corey himself.”<\/p>\n

Inspector Crack said there would be a follow-up investigation, but the situation was not being treated as suspicious.<\/p>\n

\"Crews<\/p>\n

Police, volunteers and the rescue helicopter were involved in the search for Corey Chugg. (ABC News: Emily Smith)<\/p>\n

Ground crews made up of police and volunteers, as well as a police helicopter and drone, were deployed to help find Mr Chugg.<\/p>\n

“We’ve poured a lot of resources into trying to find a missing person, which we would at any time \u2026 time and money is not important when you’re trying to save someone’s life,” Inspector Crack said.<\/p>\n

“It’s always a great relief when we find somebody alive and well. Much better than any alternative outcome, and everybody is really happy with how it’s gone today.”<\/p>\n

Yesterday, police said the two men had ventured into bushland near Nunamara, which is about 20 kilometres north-east of Launceston.<\/p>\n

They had planned to conduct the trip together and return home, but at some point became separated and did not return home together, police said.<\/p>\n

Inspector Crack said Mr Chugg had his mobile phone with him, and the search area was narrowed down using “phone pings”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A northern Tasmanian man who has been missing in bushland near Launceston for four days has been found…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,241932,37631,241931,44,1157,7452],"class_list":["post-474619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-corey-chugg","tag-missing-man","tag-mount-barrow","tag-news","tag-rescue","tag-search"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}