Wild Jay Slater theories from stopping the Euros to animal hunch and ‘e-mail him’

It’s a week since Jay Slater disappeared and ever since armchair detectives have been trying to crack the case – with decidedly mixed results.

And it’s led to the emergence of one of the most must-see Facebook groups in existence, which lurches from ideas of cancelling the Euros to a football journalist supremo set to reveal exactly where missing Brit Jay is.

Just a handful of days after Jay was confirmed missing in Tenerife a Facebook page was created called ‘JAY SLATER MISSING–ONLY OFFICIAL GROUP’ – it currently has more than 536,000 members and is buzzing with some strange theories as to Jay’s whereabouts.

For the unaware, Jay had gone to the Canary Islands with friends for the New Rave Generation music festival last week. On Sunday, June 16, the apprentice bricklayer from Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire, left the festival and he hasn’t been heard from since around 8.15am the next day.

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The day after, Jay tried to trek back to the south of the island and rang his friend Lucy Mae Law to tell her his phone battery was down to 1% – he disappeared shortly after, with local police taking on the huge search. And as the search continues into its second week the Facebook group’s ability to create wild theories has ramped up 10-fold in recent days.

One of the most surreal is the infamous football journalist Fabrizio Romano revealing Jay’s whereabouts in a way that on Fab could. The Facebook posts states: “Apparently Fabrizio Romano is gonna reveal where Jay is? Rumoured he’s been paid 30 grand, Here we go.”

The latter part relates to Romano’s classic “Here we go, confirmed” phrases that he posts whenever a major football transfer is about to happen. We do, however, feel sorry for one Facebook user who replied with “who has said that,” as she is seemingly unaware of Romano’s existence.

Remember Tarzan, the kid who lives in the jungle and was raised by animals? Well, Jay Slater could be the new Tarzan, apparently, according to this post: “Might sound stupid, but has anyone thought that maybe Jay found an animal and he built a personal connection with it and doesn’t want to leave it?”

Yes, it does sound stupid but stranger things have happened. And from the ridiculous to the stupidly obvious, we have the suggestion that Jay – whose phone is dead – could somehow have access to the internet.

“Has anyone tried emailing Jay,” another post began “ in case he has Internet. Maybe he just not has single (signal) so can’t get calls but maybe internet so someone try email him.”

Lastly, someone has decided that the Euro 2024 tournament shouldn’t go on until Jay is found, because “many of the players will have Jay in the thoughts and it will be affecting them on the pitch”.

Well, it’s a novel one, but considering Gareth Southgate is looking for excuses, we’re sure he’ll take that.

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