The disappearance of Jay Slater has prompted multiple unexplained mysteries, a journalist explained on Good Morning Britain today. Reporting live from Los Cristianos, Jonathan Swain recalled the circumstances leading to Jay's disappearance and played a clip of a chat he had with the teenager's heartbroken mother. Jay, 19, from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, was last in contact on Monday morning when he messaged a mate about his plans to trek back to where he was staying after not catching a bus, a journey that would likely take a whopping 11 hours by foot.
His friend Lucy, who jetted off with Jay to hit the NRG music festival, revealed he had decided to stay with folks he'd met while holidaying after a night on the town. Lucy said she got a buzz from Mr Slater around 8:15am on Monday, right after he missed his bus and attempted the long walk home, though he mentioned being somewhat lost, parched for water, and his phone about to die with a mere 1% battery life remaining. Jay's mobile went dead shortly after, leaving his most recent known spot at Rural de Teno parka hikers haven set amidst rugged mountains.
Speaking to the Good Morning Britain studio on Thursday, Jonathan mused: "His friends say Jay is quite streetwise so this is where the mystery lies - he would have flagged down a car, he would have tried to catch one of the buses, he would have tried to borrow someone's phone perhaps to call his friends or mother to say that he was ok. Well, we have spoken to his mother who is .
