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Two joggers recognized Chunk from posters and reported seeing him jump into the water near Mantoloking Bridge around 7 a.m., WABC-TV reported. Jim Mathis was fishing nearby and said Chunk kept backing away from his boat when he tried to get close but swam to shore when he backed away. "We positioned our boat, got (the) line ready, acted as a leash," Koehler said. "Line around dog and guide him up to the docks." Chunk's owner, Marie Zangara, said that he had some matted fur and was covered in ticks, but was otherwise healthy. Read Related Topics

View Comments BRICK - Jim and Marie Zangara didn’t have much hope Tuesday morning. It had been more than two weeks since their dog Chunk went missing and there hadn’t been any sightings of him for more than a week. But at 7:30 a.m., they got two unexpected calls that changed everything.  “It’s a dream come true,” Marie Zangara said. “It’s like a Hollywood movie, this ending. Because he was lost in the marsh for so long and then he winds up in the bay. He actually swam across the entire Barnegat Bay. Luckily he's a strong dog and this worked out very nicely. ”