□nvestig□□ors□earnedthat□hegro□phadbeenfr□e□dsforyea□s,butrec□ntlytherehadbeent□nsionamon□th□m.Rumors□fd□s□greementsandargum□nt□duringt□e□ripbega□tosurface,leadi□gauthor□tiestosp□cu□atewhetherfoulplaywasin□olved.Ea□hme□be□ofthegrouphadadif□erent□tory□□t□ll□a□dt□ein□o□s□s□□nciesinthei□ac□o□n□sonlyad□edtothemys□ery□fth□mi□□ing□ine. Investi□a□ors□earne□t□att□□grouph□dbeenfri□□ds□□ryears,butrecentlyth□reh□dbeentensio□amongthe□.Rumors□fdis□greementsa□d□rguments□uri□gthetri□began□□surf□ce,le□din□□u□ho□itie□tospec□late□hetherfou□playwasin□olved□Ea□hmemberofthegrouphadadiffer□n□sto□ytotel□,andtheinconsistenci□sinth□iraccount□onlyadded□□themysteryofthemissing□ine.<□p□ □p□Investig□t□rslearnedthatthegrouphad□eenfrie□d□fo□years,butrec□ntlytherehadbeentensionamongthem.Rumor□of□isagreementsandar□umen□sdurin□thetripbegantosurface,l□adinga□thori□iestospec□lat□whetherfo□l□laywasin□olved.Eachmember□fth□grouphada□i□□e□entstoryt□tell,andtheinconsis□enci□□□nthei□accou□t□on□□□ddedtoth□myster□of□h□□i□singni□e□ In□estigatorslearnedthatthegrou□□a□beenfriendsfory□ars,butrecentlythe□eh□dbeentens□onamongthem.Rumors□fdisagr□ementsandarguments□uring□he□ripbeg□nt□s□rfac□,leadingau□h□riti□st□spe□ula□e□he□herfo□lpl□ywas□nvolved.Each□e□ber□fthegrou□ha□a□i□□erentstor□totell,a□dtheinc□nsistencie□intheiraccountsonly□ddedtothemysteryofthem□ssin□nine.