I□vestigatorsle□rn□dt□atthegrou□hadbee□friends□oryea□s,butre□ently□herehadbee□tensionamongthem.Rumor□of□i□ag□eem□□t□and□rgum□ntsduringthetr□pbeganto□urface,□eadingauth□r□tiest□s□eculat□wh□th□□foulp□aywasinvolved.Ea□hm□mbe□ofthe□rou□hadadiffere□tstorytotell,andtheinconsistenciesint□eir□□counts□nlya□d□dtothemysteryofthemissingnine. Inve□tiga□orslearne□t□a□thegroup□adbe□nfrien□sforyear□,butrecen□lyt□ere□□dbeentensionamon□them.Rumo□sofdis□g□eements□ndargumentsduringthetripb□□ant□s□rfac□,l□a□ingaut□□□it□estospeculat□wheth□rfo□lp□aywasinvolved.□achme□bero□thegroup□adadifferen□□t□r□tot□ll,and□heinconsisten□□esinthei□ac□oun□sonlya□□edtothemys□eryofthemissingnine. Investigatorslear□edthattheg□oupha□b□e□□ri□n□sforyear□,butrecen□□□the□e□a□bee□t□ns□on□mongthem.Rumor□□fdisagreeme□tsandargumentsduringthetripbegan□osurface□l□adingauthoritie□tos□e□ulate□heth□rfou□play□asi□vol□e□.Eachme□berof□□egr□□□□ad□diff□rents□oryt□te□□,□ndtheinconsisten□□e□inth□□raccounts□n□yad□ed□othemystery□fthemissingnine.