Bombshell NEW Jay Slater sighting 10 hours after last seen revealed by mother as cops search for teen in ravine

JAY Slater's devastated mother has revealed a huge development in the search for the missing teenager.

Debbie Duncan, speaking from Tenerife, said her son could have been seen with two men around ten hours after he was last seen on Monday morning.

Debbie told Mail Online: “Someone came forward to say they saw someone they thought was Jay, walking back down the road, sitting on a bench.

“He was with two men who looked a little worse for wear, and they were near a church, this guy came forward and told the police and they are investigating.

“We don’t know for sure if it was Jay, but it’s a start.”

Debbie, 55, has been in Tenerife since Tuesday to take part in a massive police search for her 19-year-old son.

She revealed that the new sighting identifies Jay's possible movements up to 6 p.m. Monday – 9 hours after his missing persons report was filed.

The concerned mother said: “They said it was around 6pm, ten hours after he was seen by the village lady.

He was with two men who looked a little worse for wear, and they were near a church, and this guy came forward and told the police and they're investigating.

Debbie Duncan, Jay's mother

“But if it was him, what was he doing there and who are these two men?”

She added: “All I know is I'm going to stay here as long as it takes, I'm not going home unless it's with Jay. I'm not going anywhere until let them find it.”

Cops are yet to confirm the new sighting of the missing teen.

It comes as rescue efforts have focused on an area known locally as the “badlands”, running down a 2,000-foot ravine in a remote park.

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Footage from the scene shows police, firefighters, volunteers and sniffer dogs scanning the desolate Teno Nature Reserve, Jay's last known location.

Residents and experts have warned of dangerous conditions in the area: where the air is “thin,” temperatures change quickly and mountains drop abruptly to the water below.

At around 8am on Monday morning, Jay frantically phoned his girlfriend Lucy Law to tell her he was stranded in the “middle of nowhere”.

He said he had cut his leg on a cactus, was thirsty and was about to embark on an eleven-hour journey home.

The panicked phone call was the last anyone heard from Jay.

A missing person report was filed around 9 a.m. that morning, sparking a 24-hour search.

The Lancashire teenager was last seen by the owner of an AirBnB where he had stayed on Sunday evening.

Ophelia, the owner of the Casa Abuela Tina vacation rental – where he spent the night – said she saw him heading off alone uphill in the vast mountainous area near Masca.

Ophélie told MEN: “It's dangerous walking here, it's easy to get lost. He was walking on the road when I last saw him.

“He was alone. He walked normally, although he was fast.”

It is understood the Airbnb was rented by the two men Jay returned home with after the closing night of the NRG festival on Sunday.

RISKY CONDITIONS

Today, police efforts span 30 kilometers in and around the Masca area where Jay was last seen.

Residents and experts have warned of perilous conditions in the area: where the air is “thin,” temperatures change rapidly and mountains drop abruptly to the water below.

A local rental car owner has denounced the dangerous environment in which the efforts are concentrated.

Andrew Knight, who runs Sanasty Car Hire Tenerife, lent his vehicles to help in the chase.

He told the Mirror: “You're up there, the air is very thin, there are clouds around.

“It gets very cold at night, especially with the thin air and wind chill.

“It would be pretty cold if you were up there without sweaters and jackets and everything.”

The 29-year-old warned that the weather in the hills is also “constantly changing”.

Jonathan Stones, who moved to Tenerife more than two decades ago when he was 13, said the Teno nature reserve was one of the most inhospitable places on the island.

He told The Sun: “Where Jay was last located by his mobile phone is where he has the least chance of survival.

“The desolate landscapes around the island’s vacation spots are called “malpais” by locals – a word that translates into English as “bad land.”

Vicente Infante, from the Tenerife Mountain Federation, previously warned of the dangers of hiking without proper equipment.

“Previously, hikers were prepared, they used suitable shoes, helmets… In short, they carried all the equipment.”

“What’s happening today is a lot of people are wearing sneakers, shorts, normal shirts… that’s where the risks are.

“More and more people are going there, so sooner or later an accident will happen. It's inevitable.”