□sthese□rchcontinued,crypticc□uesstar□edtoemerge,addin□anotherlayerofi□trig□etothec□se.Symbolscarved□ntot□ees,□tr□nge□a□king□onrocks□andcryp□icn□tesleftb□hindonly□ee□enedth□mys□ery□urroundingthemis□ing□ine.Weretheseclues□nt□ntiona□l□left□eh□nd□□rwerethe□simpl□apro□□□to□th□□roup'sparanoiaandunrave□ingstateofmind? Asthesearchcont□nue□,cryp□icc□uesstartedt□emerge,□ddinga□othe□layerofi□triguetothec□se.Symbol□carve□intot□ee□,stra□gem□rkingson□ock□,andcr□pticnotesleftbe□in□on□yde□penedthemysterys□rroundi□gthemiss□ngnine.W□□ethese□luesin□e□tionallylef□beh□nd,orweretheysimplyaproduct□ft□□g□oup'sparan□□aandu□ravelingstateof□in□□□> Asth□searchcontinued,cr□pt□ccl□es□tart□dtoe□erge□addinganotherla□erof□□triguetothe□a□e.Symbolscarvedi□totrees,stran□emark□ngsonr□□ks,and□ryp□icn□t□sle□tbe□indonlydeepene□□hemy□te□ysurr□□ndi□gthem□ss□ngnin□.Weretheseclu□s□□tentional□yleft□ehind,orweretheysimplya□r□ductofthegrou□'sparano□aan□unra□□li□gstateofmin□? Asthe□ea□chcont□nu□d,crypti□c□uesstartedto□me□ge,□ddinganotherlaye□of□nt□i□ueto□heca□e□Symbolsc□□vedin□otrees,□tr□nge□a□□ingsonrocks,□ndcrypticnot□slef□behindonl□dee□e□e□themyster□surr□□ndi□□□hemissingn□ne.We□□these□lue□intentionall□le□tbehind,orwerethe□simplya□r□ductofthe□roup'sparano□aa□du□ravelingstateo□□ind? Asthe□□archcontinued,crypti□cluess□a□tedt□emerg□,adding□notherlayerofintri□uetothecase.Symbol□carvedi□totrees,strangemarking□□nroc□s,andc□y□ticnoteslef□□ehindonlydeepene□t□em□□te□ysurr□u□dingthemis□i□gn□ne□Wer□the□ecl□esintentiona□ly□eftbehind,orwerethey□i□plyaprodu□tofthegroup□sparano□□an□unraveli□□state□fmind?