Inves□□gators□earned□hat□hegrou□hadbeenfriendsf□ry□ars,□utrecentlythe□□hadbeentens□onamon□them.□umors□fdisagreem□ntsandarg□ments□ur□ngth□tripb□gantosur□ace□le□dingautho□i□iestosp□culatewhethe□fo□lplaywasin□ol□ed.Eachme□berofth□grouphadadif□ere□tstoryto□ell,a□dtheinconsi□t□□ciesin□heiraccountsonlyaddedtothemyste□y□fthemissi□gnine.<□p> Investigat□rsle□□nedth□tt□egroup□adbe□nfriendsfor□ear□,butrec□ntly□□erehadbeentensio□a□ongthem.□umor□□fdisag□eementsan□argume□t□duringt□etri□began□osurface,leading□uthoritie□tospeculatewh□□her□oulplaywas□□v□lve□□Eachmemberofthe□rouphad□differentst□rytotell□andtheinco□si□tenc□e□□nthe□ra□□ou□ts□nlyaddedtoth□mysteryofthe□is□ingni□e. Invest□gators□ea□ned□hatthegroup□□db□enfriends□□ryears,but□e□entlyth□re□adbeentensionamon□th□m.R□m□rs□f□isagreeme□t□an□a□gu□en□sduri□gt□etrip□egantosur□□ce□leadi□□□□□□□ritiestospeculatewh□t□erfoul□lay□□si□volved.Eac□member□fthegrouphada□if□erentstorytotel□,andt□einc□nsisten□iesin□h□irac□o□ntsonlyaddedtothemys□eryofthemi□s□ngnine. Investigators□earne□thatthegrou□had□□enfriendsfo□years,butrecentlythe□ehadbeent□□□ionamo□g□hem.Rumor□ofdi□a□□eement□□n□argu□entsdurin□thetripbegantosurface,□eadingauth□ritiestospe□ula□ewheth□rfoulp□ayw□sinv□lved.Eachmemberofthegroup□adadifferents□orytotell,and□he□nconsi□□en□ies□ntheiracc□unt□onlyaddedtothemyste□yo□the□i□sing□ine□ I□vestigatorsle□rnedthatthegrouphadbeenfriends□oryears,b□□rec□n□lythe□ehadbeentens□□na□o□gthem.Rumorsofdisag□□□mentsandarg□ment□duri□gth□tripbegantos□rface,lead□n□author□ties□ospec□latewhetherfo□l□l□ywa□involved.Eachmem□erofthegro□pha□adiff□rent□t□rytotell,□n□the□ncons□ste□ciesinthe□raccountsonl□addedtothe□ys□eryof□hem□ssingni□□.