Investigator□le□rnedtha□theg□ouph□dbe□nfri□nds□o□yea□s,butrecent□yt□ereh□d□eentens□onamongthem.Ru□orsofdis□gre□men□sandargumentsdur□n□thetripbegantosurface,le□□in□authoritiestospecu□□□ewheth□□foulplaywasinvolved□Each□embero□thegrouphadadiff□ren□st□□ytotell,a□dth□□nconsistenc□□sinthei□account□onlyadde□tothemyst□ryo□themi□singn□ne. □nvestigator□lea□ne□thatthegrouphadbeenfriendsforyears□but□ecen□lyt□erehad□□□□tensionamongthem.Rumo□sof□isagr□eme□□sa□d□□gu□□□tsduringt□et□i□beg□ntosurface,□ead□n□authoriti□stospeculatewhethe□foulplayw□□involv□□.Eachmember□fthegrou□ha□adiffe□ent□to□yt□tell,□ndthein□onsistenc□□sintheiraccount□o□lyaddedtothemysteryo□t□e□□ssingn□□e.□> I□vestigatorslearnedthatth□gro□phadbeenfr□endsfor□ea□s□but□ecentl□there□adbeen□ensionamo□g□he□□Rumo□□of□isagre□ments□nd□rgu□entsduri□gthetripbegantos□rface□l□a□i□gau□horiti□sto□peculatew□ethe□foulpl□ywasinv□lved.Eachmember□fthegroup□adad□fferents□or□tote□l,and□he□□c□nsistenc□esinthei□□ccountsonlya□dedtoth□myster□ofthemissi□gn□ne. □nvestigatorslearnedthatthe□□o□□hadbeenfriend□f□ryears,butrecen□lyt□□r□h□dbee□te□sionamongthem□Rumorsofdisagr□ementsandarg□□e□tsd□r□ng□hetrip□egantos□rface,leadin□□u□horiti□stos□ec□late□hethe□f□□l□laywa□involved.Eachmemb□r□f□hegrouphadadiffere□tsto□ytote□l,andtheincons□ste□ciesinth□ir□ccountsonlyaddedtothemy□ter□ofthemissingnin□.
I□vestigatorsle□□□edthatthegr□uphadb□enfriendsforye□□s,butrecen□lytherehadbeentensi□namongthem.Rumorsofdisagr□eme□□sanda□gum□nt□□uri□gth□tri□□egan□osurface,lea□inga□thorit□estospeculatewhe□□erfoulpl□y□asinvolve□.Eachmemb□roft□egrouph□dadifferentstorytote□□,andtheincon□istenci□sintheira□co□nts□nlyaddedtothe□□st□ry□f□hemissingnine□