The trip of a lifetime! Rabbits Eat Lettuce reveller is found in the bush 15 DAYS after he vanished from the festival - before explaining why he felt he had to run away
- Bradley Smith, 37, went missing after the Rabbits Eat Lettuce music festival
- An extensive search failed to find him after he left the event on foot
- Mr Smith didn't return home, told his mum she wouldn't be able to contact him
- More than two weeks later he called Policelink to advise them of his location
- Ebony Greening, 22, and Dassarn Tarbutt, 24, died at the same festival in April
- Do you know Bradley? Email nic.white@mailonline.com
Bradley Smith, 37, left the Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival at Elbow Valley, south of Warwick, over the Easter weekend
A reveller who ran away from a music festival because he thought someone was trying to kill him has been found alive after spending 15 days wandering around the bush.
A massive ground and air search was launched after Bradley Smith, 37, left the Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival in Elbow Valley, south of Warwick in Queensland, over the Easter weekend.
Queensland Police said he resurfaced on Wednesday when he called the Policelink number to advise them of his location, telling them he had disappeared because he believed someone was trying to kill him.
Mr Smith's Facebook profile info section simply reads 'mushrooms'.
Rabbits Eat Lettuce is the same festival where Ebony Greening, 22, and Dassarn Tarbutt, 24, died of suspected drug overdoses in their tent on April 22.
The young couple from the Sunshine Coast were attending the isolated bush doof with friends but failed to meet up with them that morning. They were later found dead about 9.30am.
Rabbits Eat Lettuce is the same festival where Ebony Greening, 22, and Dassarn Tarbutt, 24, died of suspected drug overdoses in their tent on April 22
The young couple from the Sunshine Coast were attending the isolated bush doof with friends but failed to meet up with them that morning. They were later found dead about 9.30am
Ebony Greening, 22, (pictured) was one of two revellers found dead in her tent at the Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival on Easter Monday
Officers later found Mr Smith in the town of Legume, across the NSW border. The town is a four-and-a-half hour, 21km walk from the festival site.
The reveller was suffering from exposure as a result of spending 15 days outside, but was otherwise fine apart from a few cuts and bruises.
Mr Smith was reported missing on April 23 after he did not come home to Nanango in Queensland when the festival finished.
He did not contact family or friends at any point while he was missing.
After he went missing, Queensland Police Senior Sergeant Jamie Deacon said Mr Smith was thought to be 'affected by drugs'.
A massive search failed to find Mr Smith after he left the Rabbits Eat Lettuce festival at Elbow Valley, south of Warwick in Queensland, until he called police on May 8
The festivalgoer is believed to have broken into a house and stole a pair of boots. He left a note telling the boots' owner to contact his parents who would pay for them.
The search for him, which involved police helicopters and the State Emergency Services, came at a significant cost to taxpayers.
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Mr Smith was feared to have suffered a similar fate to Ms Greening and Mr Tarbutt, whose friends frantically looked for them on the morning they died.
Ms Greening's family paid tribute to her, and defended her against social media trolls criticising her alleged drug taking.
'We lost our beautiful granddaughter today, she was so much loved,' her grandmother Margaret Peters said.
Dassarn Tarbutt, 24, (pictured) was found beside her having died of suspected drug overdoses at the festival near the Queensland-NSW border
The young couple from the Sunshine Coast were attending the isolated bush doof with friends but failed to meet up with them that morning. They were later found dead about 9.30am
Mr Smith told police he left the festival (pictured) because he believed someone was trying to kill him. Police said during the search he was thought to be 'affected by drugs'
'No matter what the cause of death these people are some ones loved ones and the slander and rude comments are not required they won't help the family,' her aunt Cheryl Munro said.
'To those who offer condolences they are appreciated.'
Ms Greening and Mr Tarbutt were regular attendees of music festivals and appeared in photos from past events on social media.
A man who attended the festival said most attendees were taking drugs, and dealers were walking through the campsite spruiking their wares.
Jake, 26, told Daily Mail Australia MDMA, mushrooms, acid and marijuana were the drugs of choice at the festival and claimed: 'everyone knows bush doofs are where people let loose and go feral'.
A man who attended the festival said most attendees were taking drugs, and dealers were walking through the campsite spruiking their wares
He while police and drug dogs were in attendance, their presence was minimal compared to what has become the norm in NSW
He while police and drug dogs were in attendance, their presence was minimal compared to what has become the norm in NSW.
'There were cops and dogs at the main entrance checking vehicles,' he said.
'There definitely was a police presence in there, but by no means was it as intense as it would of being like if it were in NSW.
'There was heaps of people selling [drugs] in there.
'Like three or four times we would be sitting in camp and someone would come up to us and try to sell us something.'
'Pretty much whatever you want you can buy in there.'
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