As□hesear□hcontinued,□r□p□iccluesstartedt□e□erge,a□□inganotherlayerof□ntriguetothecase.Symbolsc□□ve□□ntotrees,strangemarkin□so□rocks,andcrypt□cnot□sle□tbe□in□only□ee□en□dthem□sterysurroundingthemi□si□gnin□.We□et□ese□luesintentionallyleftbehi□d□or□eretheysimplyaprodu□toft□egroup□sparanoiaandunravelingstateofmind? Asthe□□□□chc□□tinue□□crypticcluesstarte□toem□□ge,addinga□ot□er□a□erofi□triguetothec□□□.S□mbo□s□ar□e□i□totrees□□trangemarkingsonrocks,an□□rypticnotesleftbehindonlydeep□ne□themystery□urr□undingthem□ssingnine□Werethesec□ue□in□ent□o□allyleftbehin□,orw□ret□eysimplyaproducto□thegroup'spar□noiaandunraveli□gsta□□ofm□nd?□> Asth□□earch□ontinued□cry□ticcl□□sstar□edtoeme□ge□□ddi□ganotherlay□rofintr□guetoth□□as□.Symb□lscarvedinto□ree□,strangem□□kings□nrock□,a□d□rypt□cnotesl□ftbehindonlyd□epenedt□emy□terysurro□ndingthe□iss□n□nine.Wereth□□eclues□ntentionallyleftbe□in□,o□weretheys□mplyaproduc□o□thegro□p'sparanoiaandun□avelingsta□eof□ind? A□thes□arc□□ontinued,crypti□cluesstartedt□eme□□e,ad□inganother□ayero□intrigu□□o□hecase.Sy□bol□carvedintotrees,strang□□a□kingsonrocks□and□ry□ticno□esle□tbehi□d□n□yd□ep□nedt□emy□terysurrounding□h□missingn□ne.Werethesecluesintentionallyleftbehind,orweret□eysimply□productofthe□r□□p'sparano□aandunrave□ingstate□f□ind?□/p>□p>A□these□rchcontinue□,cry□ticclue□startedtoemerge,add□□ganoth□rla□erofintriguet□thecas□.Sym□olscar□edi□t□trees,str□ngem□rkin□son□ocks,an□cryp□icno□eslef□behind□nly□□epen□dthemy□te□ysurrou□dingt□emiss□ngnine.□erethesec□ue□inten□ionallyle□tbehind□orweretheys□m□ly□pr□duct□f□hegroup'spar□no□aandun□□velingstateofmind?