Jay Slater‘s body was discovered in a ravine considered so dangerous by locals that they refuse to go near it.
Helena Gomes, a local from Masca near where Jay, 19, was found, said no one was surprised at how long it took to find the apprentice bricklayer.
She told the Mirror: “You see how bad it is – we don’t even walk there so if someone gets into trouble it is going to be hard for anyone to find the body.
“No one is surprised it took so long, why he was there is a mystery. He should never have been going that way. Maybe he saw the ocean and thought it was the best way.”
“We just feel so bad for his family but are so proud of the searchers who found him. They never gave up.”
Jay’s body was found just yards from his last known location in Parque Rural de Teno in northwest Tenerife on Monday after a search lasting 29 days.
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