Investigatorslearnedthattheg□o□phadbeenf□ie□dsf□ryea□s□but□ece□tl□thereh□db□entensiona□□n□t□□m□Rum□□s□fd□sagreementsandargumentsd□ringt□etripbega□tos□rface,□eadingauthor□tiestospec□lat□whet□er□oul□lay□□si□volved.Eachmember□fthegrouphadadiffe□ent□□o□yt□□e□□,andtheinconsistenciesin□heiraccountsonlyad□edtothe□ys□eryof□h□missingni□e.□/p> Inv□□ti□atorslearnedthatthegrouphadbeenfriendsfo□years,butre□en□lytherehad□eentensiona□□□gthem.R□m□□sofdisagr□em□ntsandargumentsdurin□thetripb□gantosurfac□,leadinga□thor□tiesto□pecula□ewhetherf□ulp□aywasi□v□lved.□ac□memberof□hegr□uphad□differentstoryto□ell,a□□theincon□istenci□sintheira□□oun□so□lyaddedtoth□my□te□□of□hemissingnine. In□estigatorslearnedthatt□□grouph□dbe□nf□iendsfo□yea□s,butrecentlythe□eha□bee□te□□ion□mongthem.□umors□fd□sag□e□ments□□da□gumentsdurin□t□etr□pbegant□surface,le□dingauth□r□tiest□specu□atewheth□rfoulplaywasinvolved.Eachmembe□o□theg□□up□ada□□f□□rentstor□to□ell□andtheinco□□ist□□ciesinthe□racc□unts□nly□ddedtoth□mys□er□ofthemissing□ine. I□□estigatorslearne□tha□th□□roup□adbeenf□iends□oryears,butrec□□□lyther□hadbeen□ensionam□ngthem.Rumor□□fdisagreementsa□dargumentsdu□ing□h□□ripbegantosu□face,□eadingaut□oritiest□specul□tewhetherfoulplaywasinvolved□□achm□mbe□ofthegr□uphadadifferent□toryt□□ell□andtheinconsis□encies□ntheirac□oun□□□nlyadded□oth□myste□yoft□em□s□i□□nine.<□p> In□es□i□ator□learned□hatthegr□uphadbe□nfrien□sforyear□,butrecentl□t□□rehad□eentens□onam□n□t□em.Rumorso□disag□eem□nts□nda□□uments□uringt□etripbegant□surface,leadin□a□□□ori□iestosp□cul□tewhethe□foulplaywa□i□v□lved.□achme□bero□□hegrouphadadiffere□ts□ory□otell,□n□thei□consist□ncies□□theiraccountsonlyad□ed□□themyst□ryofthemissingnine□ Investigatorsl□arnedthatthegrou□hadb□enfrie□□sf□ryears,b□trecen□lythe□ehadb□en□ensionam□ng□hem.R□mo□sofdisagreem□n□s□ndargum□ntsduringthet□ipbegantosurface,leading□u□ho□itie□tospeculatewhetherf□ulplaywa□involve□.Each□e□beroft□□grouphadadiffere□t□torytotell,an□theinconsiste□ciesint□□irac□o□nt□□nlyaddedtothemysteryo□□hemissin□ni□e.