November 2nd 2024.
Next on the list of disturbing events in Magaluf, a tourist who fell ill while on vacation was caught on camera making a disturbing statement to a woman, saying that "being 15 doesn't count on holiday." The footage captured the man making a crude joke about wanting to check the woman's hymen after finding out she was under the age of consent. This shocking incident was part of an expose by undercover journalists Ellie Flynn and Emily Birtley for the Channel 4 documentary, "Magaluf Undercover: Predators and Parties."
The two journalists went undercover to reveal the dark side of the popular tourist destination in Majorca, which has the highest reported rate of sexual offenses in the Spanish region. To uncover the prevalence of predatory behavior, the pair visited the notorious "party strip" of Punta Ballena, where they pretended to be drunk to see if men would try to take advantage of them.
In one encounter, they spoke to a group of men outside a hotel bar, and when Emily, who was posing as a 15-year-old on her first holiday with friends, revealed her age, one of the men began hitting on her. His friend, however, called him out as a "nonce" (British slang for a pedophile). But the man brushed it off, saying, "It's okay bro, we're on holiday, it doesn't count...doesn't matter if she's 15, it doesn't count." This disturbing attitude towards underage girls was not uncommon, as other male revelers were also caught on camera trying to take advantage of what they thought were vulnerable women.
The journalists, who spent three days filming in the party hotspot, also experienced harassment themselves. In one instance, Ellie pretended to be passed out on a sun-lounger, and some men approached her, forcing her to call in security to escape. In another shocking incident, a man walked over to her and asked if she wanted "to talk a little bit." When she declined, he asked her, "Do you want to kiss a little bit?" Despite her repeated refusals, the man persisted and even told his friend, "Let's go for it!" Fortunately, Ellie was able to signal for help and a female security guard intervened.
Reflecting on her experience, Ellie admitted to feeling genuinely scared and described how she was targeted by a group of men while sitting outside a fast food shop. The men watched her for 10 minutes before one of them offered her a ride, despite seeing that she was visibly drunk. This orchestrated attempt to target drunk women was a common occurrence, as Ellie and Emily discovered during their investigation.
The documentary also shed light on the alarming number of rape cases reported in Magaluf, with 48 cases reported in 2023 alone. This included a British tourist who was raped by a man twice her age and another woman who was raped and robbed on the beach after getting separated from her friends on the Punta Ballena strip.
The disturbing footage captured by the undercover journalists serves as a wake-up call to the prevalence of predatory behavior in Magaluf. It is a sobering reminder that the party atmosphere of this popular tourist destination can have dangerous consequences, especially for young women.
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