The desolate ravine where Jay Slater disappeared is both barren and intimidating, yet 'eerie signs of life' have been observed by reporters at the scene.
Jay, a 19-year-old apprentice bricklayer, vanished on June 17 while holidaying in the remote Rural de Teno area of Tenerife for a three-day music festival with friends.
The teenager left his companions to stay at a secluded Airbnb with two other festival-goers in the early hours of Monday morning and attempted to walk back to his accommodation later that day.
Embarking on a perilous 11-hour journey on foot, Jay phoned a friend to inform her that his phone battery was down to one percent, he was parched and had injured his leg on a cactus.
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