As□hes□arc□con□inued,cry□ti□clues□t□rtedtoemerge,□dding□notherlayerofint□iguetothecase.Sy□bo□scarvedi□totrees,strangemarkingsonroc□s□andcryp□i□note□leftbehindonly□eepenedthemysterys□rr□u□□ingthemis□ingni□□.Werethe□ec□uesi□ten□□ona□lyl□ftbeh□□d,o□w□re□h□ysimplyaproductofthegroup's□ara□oiaandunravelingstateofmind□ □sthes□archcontinued,□□ypticclue□□tartedt□e□erge,add□nganotherlayerofintr□□□etothecase.S□m□olscarv□□int□tr□es,strangema□□ingso□r□c□s,andc□yp□ic□otesleftb□h□ndonlyd□epenedt□□myste□ysurroun□ingthemiss□ngnine.Werethesecluesintentio□al□yleftbehind□or□er□t□□ysim□lya□rodu□□of□heg□oup□sparanoia□ndu□r□veli□gstateofm□□d?□> Ast□es□archcontinue□,cry□□icc□uessta□te□to□merge,addingan□□herlayerofintr□gue□o□hecase.Sy□bolscarvedintotrees,strange□ark□ngso□rocks,□n□□rypticn□teslef□behin□onlydeepenedthemysterysur□ound□ngt□emissingnine.Wer□thesecl□esinte□tionallyleftbehind□o□weret□e□sim□l□aproductofthe□□ou□'sparanoiaandunra□elings□ateofmind? Ast□ese□rc□con□i□□e□,crypti□cluesstarte□toemerge,a□dingan□therlay□rofi□triguetothe□□se.Symbolsc□r□edintotrees,□tr□□□ema□kingsonrocks,andcr□pticn□te□le□tbehindonlyde□penedthemys□erysurroun□ingth□missi□gnine.W□rethesecl□esin□entionallylef□beh□n□□orweretheysimp□yaproductof□hegroup'sp□ra□□iaandu□□□velingsta□eofmind? Asthes□archcontinued□crypticclues□tar□edto□□erge,addin□anoth□rlaye□ofi□trig□etothecase.□ymbols□arve□int□trees,str□ngemarkingsonrocks,a□dc□yp□i□notesleftbehindonlydee□□n□dthemy□□e□ysurroundingt□e□□s□in□nine.Wereth□secl□□sin□ent□ona□lyleftbehind,orw□rethe□simplya□roductofthegroup□sparanoiaa□□unra□elingstateof□ind?