Atletico Madrid star and his wife share conspiracy theories about Spain's blackouts after being left trapped in a tunnel on a train
Atletico Madrid star Marcos Llorente and his wife have taken to social media to give their take on the blackouts in Spain that affected their travel plans on Monday.
Spain, Portugal and parts of France experienced a massive power outage for several hours on Monday.
Llorente had spent the weekend in Marbella with his wife, Patricia Noarbe, and their daughter, Amor, and the trio were on their way back to Madrid when their train became trapped in a tunnel near Cordoba due to the blackouts.
They subsequently got off the train and walked with their luggage alongside the tracks, and Llorente posted their alternative journey on Instagram alongside the message: 'Life happens and "conspiracies" become reality.'
His post did not go down too well with some fans on Instagram, but Llorente doubled down as he followed up writing: 'In a world of madmen, it's the sane man who's called mad.'
Llorente's wife also appeared curious as to the cause of the blackouts as she uploaded her own controversial message on Instagram.
She appeared to strongly suggest to her followers that geoengineering - the emerging technology that can manipulate the environment to manage the effects of climate change - was behind the power outage.
Alongside an image of the sky with contrails - the thin, white lines left behind by aircrafts - Noarbe wrote: 'And how many flights do you hear today...'
She added: 'If you continue to think that this is condensation from commercial aircraft instead of geoengineering, it is because you do not want to look at the sky, or the BOE/AEMET or the WMO...'
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has not given the reason for the blackouts yet, but admitted 'this can never happen again'.
However, Spanish authorities have ruled out the possibility that a cyberattack led to the power outage.
The blackouts led to the tennis at the Madrid Open being brought to a premature end on Monday.
However, play resumed as normal on Tuesday after power returned across Spain.
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