Ghoulish guests on ‘Jeep safari excursions’ are flocking to the Tenerife Airbnb the place Jay Slater spent his remaining hours earlier than vanishing – because the hunt for the lacking British teenager enters day 12.
The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, has not been seen since June 17 after he went lacking following an evening out on the notorious Veronicas strip in Tenerife’s Playa de las Americas resort.
The apprentice bricklayer then went again to the Casa Abuela Tina Airbnb close to the rugged Rural de Teno nationwide park, within the distant village of Masca, with two males he had met on the three-day NRG music competition.
Ofelia Medina Hernandez, the proprietor of the villa, mentioned she noticed Jay standing at a close-by busy cease at round 8am.
He requested her when the subsequent bus was to Los Cristianos, however when he was advised it wasn’t till 10am, he set off on foot for what would have been an 11-hour stroll.
Jay was final seen at round 8.15am strolling uphill close to the nationwide park. He then phoned his good friend Lucy Mae Legislation at 8.50am to inform her that he was ‘drained, thirsty and disorientated’ with just one per cent battery left on his telephone.
Though Jay solely spent a matter of hours in Casa Abuela Tina, the villa as soon as fashionable with hikers trying to trek up the Teno mountains now seems to have change into a tourism spot.
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Jay Slater, pictured along with his mom, has not been seen since June 17 after he went lacking following an evening out in Tenerife’s Playa de las Americas resort
The apprentice bricklayer went again to the Casa Abuela Tina Airbnb (pictured) close to the rugged Rural de Teno nationwide park with two males
The street exterior the two-bedroom farmhouse is full of rental vehicles of British vacationers and teams taking pictures from Jeep ‘safari’ excursions, The Instances stories.
One girl, who lives in Birmingham and Spain, advised the newspaper: ‘That is our second time right here. I requested to drive this route as a result of I simply needed to see it yet another time. I wish to get some solutions.’
‘It provides me precise chills,’ she added.
{The teenager}’s thriller disappearance has led to numerous web sleuths flying to Tenerife to affix the search within the mountains.
Though Spanish authorities declare the case has been clouded by ‘inaccurate’ conspiracy theories on social media, Jay’s determined household have known as within the assist of 1 TikTok sleuth – Paul Arnott.
The 29-year-old, who runs the TikTok account Down the Rapids and describes himself as an ‘explorer’, has been looking for Jay since Saturday.
He has posted greater than 70 movies since, racking up thousands and thousands of views as he joins police and sniffer canines within the mountains. He mentioned that they had been specializing in two particular routes off the primary street which result in a water supply.
‘I am assembly the household at the moment,’ Mr Arnott – who paid £400 for a flight from Fort William to Tenerife – advised The Telegraph. ‘I have been talking with Brad’s mum, Rachel. They needed to deliver me meals however I mentioned no. They mentioned they needed to satisfy me. They mentioned they’re actually pleased with what I am doing.’
Jay’s determined household have known as within the assist of 1 TikTok sleuth – Paul Arnott (pictured)
Ophelia shared that Jay has additionally requested about catching the bus from the world earlier than making the journey on foot – which was the one route (pictured: Casa Abuela Tina)
In its Airbnb itemizing Casa Abuela Tina is described as being a farmhouse throughout the ‘distinctive pure panorama’ surrounding it
It’s identified that Jay despatched photos of himself inside the home and from exterior on Snapchat to his mum and buddies
{The teenager} posted this Snapchat picture on the morning he went lacking in Spain
New photos present apprentice bricklayer Jay, 19, lounging by the pool of the Onerous Rock Resort in Playa de las Americas with dozens of different holidaymakers earlier than he went lacking. Pictured: With buddies Brandon Hodgkin and Lucy Mae Legislation
Wearing camouflage type swimming trunks the image was taken on the second day of the NRG competition at a pool celebration which was described on social media as ‘epic’
Additionally, within the image together with her again to the digital camera in a white skirt, is Jay’s good friend Lucy Mae Legislation, 19, left, and it was taken on June 15 – simply two days earlier than he vanished
Holding a plastic cup in his hand (proper) he seems to be standing by himself whereas Lucy (left) is speaking to a different group of boys
The final confirmed sighting of Jay Slater, above, was at about 8am final Monday by a girl who had advised him the bus was due at 10am when he requested
That is the CCTV picture the household of Jay Slater are hoping and praying is him – greater than per week after he mysteriously vanished on Tenerife
Canary Island cops perform a drone seek for lacking Jay Slater within the Los Carrizales ravine
Jay’s mom, Debbie Duncan mentioned she ‘cannot thank Paul Arnott sufficient’ as she additionally praised fellow TikTok creater Callum Rahim and his buddies for serving to with the search.
She mentioned the household had been ignoring the unfounded social media conspiracy theories which have threatened to derail the search.
It comes as police on Thursday began looking out round caves close to Los Carrizales, a brand new space within the Masca valley which they haven’t checked out earlier than.
Two deserted shacks the place Jay’s telephone final pinged have been the police’s focus to this point.
MailOnline yesterday revealed new pictures of Jay chatting to buddies at a resort pool celebration simply two days earlier than he vanished.
And on Tuesday, the investigation took an odd twist when the mayor of Tenerife revealed that police had been quizzing locals who claimed that they had seen Jay ‘watching the Euros’ in a bar in Puerto de Santiago – a coastal resort on the island.
Police in Tenerife say nobody is speaking but about halting the seek for Jay.
The Civil Guard, which has been main the operation the place {the teenager} was final seen, mentioned it was persevering with as regular yesterday.
Spanish police seek for lacking teenager Jay Slater within the Masca valley on June 26
On Thursday, a crew of officers turned their consideration to a brand new search space within the Masca valley
Police had been concentrating their search on a ravine additional alongside the nationwide park, with caves close to Los Carrizales being investigated
The Los Carrizales ravine the place the seek for British teenager Jay Slater is being carried out
Extra sniffer canines educated in looking for folks over giant expanses of land had been flown in from Madrid and joined the operation on Tuesday.
A Civil Guard spokesman mentioned: ‘The Civil Guard is constant to seek for the younger British man who disappeared, finishing up inspections of all of the paths, trails and ravines belonging to the village of Masca throughout the municipality of Buenavista del Norte.’
The pressure additionally launched footage displaying officers shifting on foot via among the tough and distant terrain and others finishing up aerial inspections in a helicopter.
A well-placed supply added: ‘Nobody for the time being is speaking in regards to the search being dropped at an finish.
‘There will probably be some extent when the operation that’s going down for the time being needs to be at the least scaled again. However proper now the search groups seem to have determined they wish to give themselves extra time.’
It comes as Jay’s mom Debbie Duncan revealed she is in talks with GoFundMe to launch among the £36,000 in donations given to an enchantment with a view to assist finance rescue efforts and ‘dwelling prices’ in Tenerife.
Spanish police launched footage displaying officers shifting on foot via among the tough and distant terrain
Others had been seen finishing up aerial inspections within the Civil Guard helicopter
Jay’s mom Debbie Duncan has revealed she is in talks with GoFundMe to launch among the £36,000 in donations given to an enchantment because the household continues to seek for him
The GoFundMe enchantment has raised greater than £36,000 because it was arrange by Lucy Mae Legislation. Debbie Duncan supplied an replace at the moment
Jay known as his good friend Lucy Mae Legislation (pictured), 18, to say he was ‘misplaced within the mountains, with no water, one p.c battery’ and he had reduce his leg on a cactus
Ms Duncan, 55, mentioned the cash could be used for mountain rescue, lodging and meals bills.
In a press release posted on GoFundMe on Thursday, she mentioned: ‘First, I wish to thank everybody to your help, form messages, and good needs. It is troublesome to wrap our heads round what is occurring proper now, however we aren’t dropping hope that we’ll discover Jay and return house collectively.
‘We’re at present working with GoFundMe to withdraw a part of the funds, that are being safely held. I needed to share that these funds will probably be used to help the mountain rescue groups who’re tirelessly looking for Jay.
‘Moreover, since our keep in Tenerife must be prolonged, we will even use the funds to cowl lodging and meals bills.
‘I am surrounded by great people who find themselves by my facet, however removed from their family members, so we’ll even be utilizing a part of these funds to fly them to Tenerife so we will help one another throughout these darkish occasions.
‘Thanks once more for all of your donations and help, this implies the world to us.’
The enchantment was began final week by his good friend Lucy and reached its £30,000 goal in simply three days though some contributors have expressed considerations over the place the funds will go.
