LOCALS in Tenerife are gripped by the search for Jay Slater have revealed "it's all were talking about".
Jay, from Lancashire, has been missing for a week now with search crews failing to find any trace of him so far.
Drones, sniffer dogs and helicopters have all been involved in the mammoth mission, with the operation now focused on three main areas near where Jay was last known to be.
Jay,19, made a final call to pal Lucy Law last Monday morning to tell her he was lost in the middle of nowhere, his phone was about to die and he needed water.
He had been to a rave the night before with pals Lucy and Brad, but left the club with two men he had met that night.
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Now locals on the island have told how the drama has Tenerife gripped.
Monica, who works at Paniclub in the Playa de la Americas resort, told the M.E.N: "Everybody here is living nice and happy, so it's very sad news. It's horrible, horrible.
"Yesterday I was off and we were speaking the whole day about him. It's all we are talking about, the local people. It's everywhere in the media, it's so sad."
She explained how tourists fuelled the night time economy She said:
"Everybody here is looking for fun and drinks. People could go out partying and get lost here, in the night time it can be dangerous."
Maria, who works at a hotel next door to the bar, added: "It's breaking my heart. Especially for myself, because I have a 19-year-old son. I hope he is okay."
The teen went back to their Airbnb in an unforgiving mountainous area near the village of Masca.
After leaving their accommodation, Jay missed the bus home on Monday morning and was faced with a tough 10-hour walk.
He has not been seen or heard from since - and dad Warren wants cops to widen the search as he believes Jay is not in the mountainous area where police are focussing their search.
Warren added: "I don’t know if anything undertoward has happened to Jay. One minute he was here, next minute he’s disappeared.
“I don’t believe he’s still in that mountain. The police have put every effort into finding him. It’s bleak and barren.
Tenerife cops give update in search for missing Brit teen Jay Slater
It comes as...
- Jay's mum slams trolls questioning what £33k GoFundMe will be used for
- Teen's family share CCTV image they believe could be Jay
- Footage obtained by The Sun shows Jay appearing to stagger back to his feet at a club
- Owner of Airbnb where Jay stayed saw him "walking fast" up a dangerous ravine
- Brit cops offered to fly out and help but Spanish officials said no
- Jay’s mum slammed the Tenerife police investigation
- A possible new sighting of Jay placed him 3.5 miles away from where he vanished with two men
- The missing teen's dad and brother visited the search site
- Cops turn their search to several brick outbuildings near Jay's last known location
“The authorities have done everything they can in the search, everybody is up there looking for him."
Warren has been putting up missing person posters in the village of Santiago del Teide.
The tearful dad has also been sharing a grainy CCTV image he believes could be his son.
It shows a mystery figure walking past a church in Santiago del Teide last Monday at around 6pm - hours after Jay was reported missing.
The village is around 7km from the Masca village Jay vanished from one week ago.
Police are yet to confirm whether as a potential sighting - but Jay's family are praying it is.
Jay's mum said a man had come forward to say he saw someone matching her son's description sitting on a bench with two men in the same area.
